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COMMUNISM: 

THREAT  TO  LI8ERTY 

PAOC  2 


UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE 
FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION 


WAlUI>GTON  11.11  C, 


March  13,  1961 


I  would  like  to  take  this  opportunity 
to  extend  greetings  to  the  readers  of  Treasure  Chest. 


Your  editor  has  informed  me  that  this 
magazine  is  undertaking  a  series  of  stories  on  commu¬ 
nism,  and  I  am  pleased  to  present  my  views  on  the 
importance  of  understanding  this  subject.  Communism 
represents  the  most  serious  threat  facing  our  way  of  life. 
The  responsibility  of  protecting  and  preserving  the 
freedoms  we  cherish  will  soon  belong  to  the  members  of 
your  generation.  The  most  effective  way  for  you  to  fight 
communism  is  to  learn  all  you  can  about  it.  Do  this  by 
pursuing  the  appropriate  courses  of  study  at  your  school 
and  by  reading  books  and  other  material  on  this  subject. 
Thus  equipped,  you  will  know  and  understand  the  nature 
of  communism.  This  knowledge  is  most  essential,  for  it 
helps  us  recognize  and  detect  the  communists  as  they 
attempt  to  Infiltrate  the  various  segments  of  our  society. 


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This 

GODLESS 
COMMUNISM 


COMMUNISA\!  what  is  it?  how 

HD  IT  GET  STARTED?  WHERE  IS  rr  60- 
INS?  THIS  SCHOOL  YEAR  WE  ARE  GOING 
TO  SEE  WHAT  /WAKES  COMMUNISM’YlCK' 
BY  TAKING  A  LOOK  AT  THE  MAIN  PARTS 

Of  ITS  HISTORY - WITH  PARTICULAR 

EMPHASIS  ON  ITS  HISTORY  IN  RUSSIA. 


Modern  comalunism  got  its  first  toehold  in  pussia 
THROUGH  VIOLENCE  AND  BLOODSHED.  A  REVOLUTION  WAS 
DIRECTED  BY  A  SMALL  GROUP  OF  MEN  WHO  URGED  WE 
PEOPLE  TO  ATTACK  THEIR  REPRESENTATIVE  GOVERNMENT. 
THE  PEOPLE  DID  SO  BECAUSE  THEY  THOUGHT  THE  COM¬ 
MUNISTS  WOULD  HELP  THEM  LEAD  A  MORE  COMFORTABLE 
LIFE.  THE  PEOPLE  OID  NOT  REALIZE  THAT  FOR  THIS  PROMISE 
OF  AN  EASIER  LIFE  THEY  WERE  GIVING  UP  THEIR  FREEDOM/ 


IREA5URE  CHEST 


Since  that  mxefik.  cav  m 
♦■917,  COWVIUMSM  PAS  WOW 
St  LEAPS  *ND  BOUKDS.  TODAY 
A- MOST  CNE  TkiRD  CF  THE 
V.WIO  IS  COMMUNIST  TERRI¬ 
TORY.  AND  CavW.LIN  I  ST  LEAD¬ 
ERS  HAVE  THEIR  EYES  ON  THE 
UNITED  STATES,  TOC  "HE  FOL¬ 
LOWING  STORY  TELLS  *011 
WHAT  A  FAMILY'S  LIFE  MOULD 
eE  LIKE  IN  A  COMMUNIST 
UNITED  STATES  — 


B*4E  NEXT  oat,  MANY  QUEST  OHS  ARE 
ANSWERED  - 


==^  "n  /  TREY ‘RE  DOING 
AND  rr  SAYS  All  the  W  r»,E  SAME  THING 
CATHOLIC  PRIESTS  ANO  \  WITH  MOST  OF 
SISTERS  ARE  BEING  SENT  \  THE  JEWISH  AND 
TO  A  LABOR  OAjV.PJ  THOSE )  PROTES'ANT 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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\,.IN  FACT,  THE  GOVERNMENT  ISN'T  EVEN  IN 
WASHINGTON  ANY  MORE.  IT'S  BEING  MOVED  TO 
CHICAGO.'*' 


the/ve  TAKEN  OVER 
CHICAGO'S  BIGGEST 
FOR  TEMPORARY  GOVERNMENT 
HEADQUARTERS. 


AND  MR.  GIRARD  TOLD  ME  ALL  EXCEPT  t; 
THAT  MOST  OF  OUR  GOVERN-  )  THOSE  WHO 
MENTAL  OFFICIALS  WAVE  HAVE  ACCEPTED 

-^DISAPPEARED/ ^ ^COMMUNISM / 


COPY  BOY. 


”  THIS  NEWSPAPER  IS  NO 
LONGER  IN  BUSINESS.  ONLY 
THE  OFFICIAL  GOVERNMENT 
PAPER  WILL  BE  PUBLISHED 
FROM  NOW  ON.  AND  ONLY 
THE  GOVERNMENT  T  V  AND 
RADIO  STATION  WILL  BE  f 
HEARD,  ^r— - 


THE  COMMUNISTS  ARE  DESTROYING  MOST  OF 
WASHINGTON/*'  - - 


WELL,  I'LL  SHOW  ‘EM.  l'M  . 
GOING  DOWN  TO  THE  NEWS¬ 
PAPER/  we'll  see  about  this. 


AND  ON  HIS  WAY  HOME,  BILL  LEARNS  MORE. 


BILL,  NEWSPAPER  WORKERS 
aren't  the  only  ones,  all 

BUSINESS  CONCERNS  HAVE 
BEEN  TAKEN  OVER.  AND  THE 
OFFICERS  OF  THE  LABOR  4 
UNIONS  HAVE  BEEN  RE-  ) 
PLACED  BY  COMMUNISTS.  A 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


SAY 

NEEDED 
IN  A  COMMUNIST  STATE 
THE  GOVERNMENT  DECIDES 
WHO  IS  INNOCENT  Oft 
GUILTY  WITHOUT  A  { 
LAWYER'S  HELP/  J 


BUT  THIS  IS  LIKE  \  QUIET/ -THEYVE  ORGANIZED 
LIVING  IN  A  PRISON !)  A  SECRET  POLICE  FORCE.  IF 
THEY  HEAR  YOU  TALKING 
LIKE  THAT,  THEY'LL 


AT  HOME,  MORE  NEWS  ABOUT  COMMUNIST  WAYS. 


THE  MAN  TOLD  US  THAT 
NO  ONE  OWNS  A  HOUSE 
ANYMORE,  THE  GOVERN¬ 
MENT  HAS  TAKEN  OVER 
ALL  THE  LAND  AND  THE 
BUILDINGS  ON  IT.  , — '' 


WHAT  WILL  BECOME 
OF  OUR  FAMILY?  / 


A  MAN  CAME  TO  THE  E 

DOOR  AND  TOLD  ME  I  I  WO 
MUST  START  WORKING  V~^N 
AT  THE  FACTORY  TOMORROW. 
IF  I  DON'T,  THEYU  TAKE  ^ 
AWAY  OUR  HOME . 


TODAY  WE  HAD  ALL  NEW  TEACHERS 
AT  SCHOOL.  THEY  CALL  IT  SOVIET  , 
SCHOOL  32  NOW  INSTEAD  OF 
ST.  JOSEPH'S.  TEACHER  SAID 

THERE  (b  NO  GOD  AND  THAT 

LGM.V.UN.  I-  'S  A.;  -  COCO 

'AND  ALL-POWE-RFU^^^^^|M^ 


IN  SCHOOL  THAT  COM¬ 
MUNISTS  DON'T  BELIEVE 
IN  THE  FAMILY.  THEY  SAY 
THEY'RE  GOING  TO  "FREE'' 


THEY  TAUGHT  US 


THE  WOMAN  FROM  THE  HOME 
AND 


tifSP 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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AS  FOR  THE  SOUL,  GOD,  \ 

IMMORTALITY - THEY  DO  \ 

NOT  EXIST.  MAN  HAS  NO  ( 
SOUL l  THERE  IS  NO  LIFE 
HEREAFTER.  THOSE  WHO 
BELIEVE  IN  COMMUNISM 
ARE  GOOO.  THE  REST  WILL 
BE  DONE  AWAY  WITH-  ^ 


‘THEY  TOOK  DOWN  ALL  THE  CRUCIFIXES  AND 

PUT  A  U-S.S.A-  FLAG  IN  THEIR  PLACE.  ' 


COMMUNISM  IS  THE  ANSWER  ™ 

TO  ALL  THE  WORLD'S  PROBLEMS. 
IT  WILL  BRING  YOU  A  HEAVEN  ON 
EARTH  IN  WHICH  EVERYONE  WILL 
BE  HAPPY'. 


f|T  MAY  BE  DIFFICULT  FOR  YOUR  ) 

OLD-FASHIONED  PARENTS  TO  \ 
BELIEVE  THESE  THINGS.  IT  IS 
YOUR  DUTY  TO  TELL  US  IF  THEY  j 
CO  NOT.  THOSE  STUDENTS  WHO  \ 
DO  THIS  WILL  BE  GREAT  COM-  \ 
MUNIST  HEROES-  AND  WF.  WILL 
STRAIGHTEN  OUT  THEIR  PARENTS, 
llN  A  HURRY  /  ^r- - 


THEY'VE  TAKEN  AWAY  ALL  A 

OUR  RIGHTS.  YET  THEY  SAY 
THEY  ARE  MAKING  US  HAPPY. 
THIS  IS  NONSENSE  !  THEY  OWM 
EVERYTHING— -EVEN  US' 


ONLY  THE  BEGINNING. 


BUT  WITH  MY 

WIFE  WORKING. 
WHO  WILL  CARE 


YOUR  WIFE  WILL  BE  'a^ 

MOVED  TO  AN  APARTMENT 
HERE  IN  CHICAGO,  NEAR 
HER  FACTORY.  WE  WHL  ’ 
ALLOW  YOU  TO  VISIT  HER 
SOMETIME. 


ITHE  NEXT  PAY. 


MR.  JONES,  THE  GOVERNMENT  V 
HAS  DECIDED  THAT  YOU  WILL 
WORK  IN  NORTHERN  WISCONSIN 
AT  A  LUMBER  MILL  THERE.  YOU 
WILL  LEAVE  TOMORROW  BY 
TRAIN.  IF  YOU  RESIST.  YOU  ) 
WILL  BE  ARRESTED .  J 


FOR  THE  CHILDREN? 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


THE  GOVERfvY.EV~  WILL  TAKE 
CARE  OF  CHILDREN  IN  SPECIAL 
SCHOOLS  AND  NURSERIES  THEV  ^ 


[  IF  I  AND  W  FELLOE  AMERi-> 

CANS  HAD  ONLY  REALIZED  4 
H-DW  KORRl&_5  Ca-AA*.  UN  ISM  J 
\  REALLY  IS _  _ _ — - 


WiL-  SEE  THEIR  A* OTHER  CN 
WE  EfCENDS .  NOV/,  <£T  COINS  / 


AND  SO  ENDS  THE  STCRY  CF  THE 

AMERICAN  F»V»ViLy  UNDER  COMA*  UN  IS  ft* 


■T  IS  A  STORY  THAT  WILL  NEVER  l-ApP£s 

F  WE  STAY  ALERT  AND  GUARD  OCR 
cRE=DCMS.  r,--  -  -  = 


TME  MOST  EFFECTIVE  WAY 
Fl&NT  CO.VWLNISM  IS 
TO  LEAPN  ALL  YOU  CAN  r 
A50UT  IT.  - - - 


OJR  PRAYERS  AND  THE 
SPREADING  OF  TRUTH  > 
THROUGHOUT*  THE  WORLD 
WILL  EVENTUALLY  DESTROY 
THE  AsVFUL  ERROR  KNOWN 
TODAY  AS  COW.ONISM.  j* 


AND  BE  SJRE  TO  FOLLOW  THIS  SERIES  THROUGH  THE 
YEAR.  NETT  A^ONTH  .-  CHAPTER  H  CF  "  TH  S  GODLESS 
CQ*AMU  N  SA*>  / 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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si'  CtajtdtUi 


ARE  THE  FOUR  PRINCIPAL  LEADERS  IN 
HISTORY  OF  MODERN  COMMUNISM. 


Bn  the  first  chapter  we  saw 

WHAT  THE  COMMUNISTS  WOULD 
LIKE  TO  HAVE  HAPPEN  IN  AMERICA. 
IT  WASN'T  VERY  PLEASANT.  vHOW 
CAN  PEOPLE  THINK  THIS  WAY?* 
YOU  MAY  WONDER.  TO  ANSWER 
THIS,  LET  US  GO  BACK  AND  SEE 
HOW  COMMUNISM  BEGAN. 


f?UF  foundation  of  communism  was  laio 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


EISA  YOUNG  BOY,  KARL  WAS  BAPTIZED  A 


QARL  WAS  NOT  TO  become  A  LAWYER  AS 
ms  FATHER  HAD  HOPED. [j=  ■'  =^= 

■ — 1  I  HAD  HOPED  ^ 
OTHERWISE.  BUT  YOU 
WILL  GO  TO  COLLEGE/ 


CHRISTIAN. 


/  WELL;  ifo  NOT  V 
)  HAPPY  ABOUT  IT/  , 

.  IT  WAS  MY  FATHERS 
IDEA.  HE  CHANGED  HtS 
RELIGION  BECAUSE  IT 
WOULD  HELP  HIM  IN 
HIS  BUSINESS.  r' 


I  AM  BOTH  SURPRISED 
AND  HAPPY  THAT  YOU  1 
HAVE  BECOME  A 
CHRISTIAN,  KARL.  )> 


THE  LAW  INTERESTS 
ME,  BUT  I  PONT  WANT 
TO  BE  A  PRACTICING 
LAWYER. 


□HER  A  YEAR  AT  BONN  UNIVERSITY,  MARX 

\xja<  even  i  cn  r~  ■  1  - 


QOUNG  MARX  WAS  THEN  SENT  TO  THE  UNI- 


VERSlTY  OP  BERLIN 


- 1  YOU  MUST  GET  RIP  OF 

YOUR  WILD  WAYS  AND  STRANGE 
IDEAS/  I  WILL  SEND  YOU  TO 
ANOTHER  SCHOOL  WHERE  YOU 
CAN  START  OVER.  . — ' 


I  WILL  ATTEND  ^ 
ONLY  THOSE  CLASSES 
WHICH  INTEREST  ME. 
LET  THE  OTHERS  ATTEND 
THE  CLASSES  OF  FOOLS/ 


|NE  OF  HIS  FAVORITE  CLASSES 

WAS  TAUGHT  BY  PROFESSOR 
GEORGE  HEGEL. 


THAT  DOESNT  SEEM 
RIGHT.  GOD  HAS  GIVEN 
US  THE  TOWER  TO  , 
FREELY  MAKE  OUR 
OWN  THOUGHTS.-.. 


hose 


NEW  IDEAS  ARE  NOT  FREELY 
CREATED  IN  OUR  MINDS.  THEY 
ARE  FORCED  ON  OUR  MINDS 
BY  OTHER  IDEAS.  —  -r 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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WE  CATKOUC&  KNOW  THAT 
NO  1P-EAS  ARE  FORCED  CN 
OUR  MINDS.  6 CP  '■'AS  GIVEN 
US  A  MIND  WITH  WRICK  WE 
MAKE  FREE  CHOICES  EVERY 
DAY.  THE  KINO  OP  CHOICES  1 
WE  MAKE  WILL  DECIDE  / 
MV-  ETHER  WE  SO  TO 
REA/ EM  OR  KELL. 


INCLUDED. 


I  DISAGREE-  HIS  WAY  OF  THINKING  IS 
CCR.RECT.  BUT  if  SHOULD  &£  APPLIED 
~D  THINGS  AROUND  LS  1QO,  NOT  JUST  ^ 
TO  IDEAS.  - - -L. _ 


KAR_  THIS  MAN 
HEGEL  "A-KS  _ 
.  NONSENSE .  ) 


B'X*  MARX  CONTINUED  TO  THINK  A&OJT 

hegelIs  teach  ngs.i, 

m  —  -  PERHAPS  I  COULD 

1  f  APPLY  HEGEL'S  METHOD  TO 

THE  ONLY  THINGS  I  BE.’EVE 
1‘J|  IN.. .THE  THINGS  I  CAN 

^ _ - 1  R  =  ALLV  FEEL  AND  TOUCH—. 


ONLY  A  FOOL  SAYS 
THERE  IS  NC  GOP. 


OUR  CHOICES  ARE  NOT 
MADE  FREELY  HEGEL 
SAYS  THEY  ARE  =CRCl 
ON  JS  BY  THE  TlW.ES 
IN  WHICH  WE  'JVE  1 
AS  FOR  GOD,  THERE  A 
IS  NO  SUCH  -XING.'  M 


*1  BELIEVE  ONLY  IN  THOSE  THINGS  WHICH  CAN  BE 


"  I  BELIEVE  MAN  EXISTS  BECAUSE  HE  CAN  BE  WEIGHED 
AND  A*,  LAS  JR  ED.  BUT  I  DO  NOT  BELIEVE  THAT  A  MAN 
HAS  A  SOU-  3ECAJSE  SUCH  A  TH'NG  CANNOT  BE 
WEIGHED  OR  MEASURED.* 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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"TH.NGS  LIKE  BEAUTV 

.OR  COURAGE  CAN'T  ' 
^  3E  MEASURED.  J 
5JT  WE  SNOW  a 
jjjgL THEY  EXIST.  ./>t 


KARL.  vOU  ARE  MAKING 
A  HORRIBLE  MISTAKE/ 


.AM  A  MATERIALIST.*1  -MERE  IS 
NO  GOD.  THE  EARTH  AND  ALL  THE  1 
THIN&S  ON  r  HAVE  JUST  COME  TO 
BE  BY  THEMSELVES.  WHAT  HAPPENS 
TO  THEM  IS  DESTINED  BY  FATE. 


pANt>  «VE  KNOW  1 
SCO  EXISTS, 
[too.  we  have 
UW4Y  PROOFS. 


*  A  MAN  WHO  POES  NOT  BEL  EVE  IN 


ANY  SPIRITUAL  REALI-Y. 


THE  THINGS  OF  THIS  EARTH 
CONSTANTLY  CHANGE,  BUT 
THEY  PONY  CHANGE  BECMJS; 
OF  GOO.  THEY  CHANGE  BE¬ 
CAUSE  THEY  ARE  IN  CON¬ 
FLICT  VYTh  ONE  ANOTHER/ 


FCR  EXAMPLE  OUR  PRESEN"  WAY  3F  L  FE 
W  LL  BE  DESTROYED  BY  'HE  CONFLICT  BE¬ 
TWEEN  WEALTH  AND  POVERTY.  1HE  RICH 
AND  THE  POOR  WILL  FIGHT  WITH  ONE 
ANOTHER  OVER  THE  RICHES  OF  THE  EARTH. 


. AND  IN  THIS  STRUGGLE  THE 

POOR  WILL  EVENTUALLY  CONQUER 
THE  R  CH.  THEN  THE  RES  JL1" 

WILL  BE  COMPLETE  HAPPINESS 
OF  ALL  CN  EARTH  BECAUSE  ALL  < 
PROPERTY  WILL  BELONG  TO  A J_  J 
TOGETH  ER .  M,|irr  - - 


HHUS.  MARX  FORMED  3  IMPORTANT 
parts  of  communist  belief  : 

®NO  SPIRITUAL  THINGS  EXIST. 
ONLY  MATERIAL. 

(2}  the  history  of  the  world  is 

NECESSARILY  A  STRUGGLE  BE¬ 
TWEEN  THE  R  CH  AND  POOR. 

FROM.  THIS  STRUGGLE  WJLu 
'**'  COME  THE  RULE  OF  THE 
WORKERS  OVER.  ALu  OTHER 
PEOPLE.  AND  THAT  RULE  WILL 
BE  PERFECTLY  GOOD. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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WE  WILL  HASTEN  OUR  HEAVEN 
ON  EARTH  BY  URGING  THE 
WORKERS  TO  OVERTHROW 
THEIR  MASTERS  BY  FORCE  AND 
VIOLENCE  .  THEN  THEY  WILL 
FORM  GOVERNMENTS  WHICH 
OWN  ALL  THE  PROPERTY  OF 
THE  COUNTRY. 


0NOTHER  YOUNG  /WAN,  FRIEDRICH  ENGELS,  ACCEPTED 


_ _ ..  _ _ _ r»,  i-Kiti/Kitri  erNv»ci.a.  M.v.critv/ 

MARX'S  IDEAS  AND  TRIED  TO  SPREAD  THEM  FURTHER, 


HA/  HA/  YOU  MUST 
BE  JOKING.  THAT'S  ^ 
A  INSANE/ 


....  AND  MARX  SAYS  THAT  ^VS 
ONCE  THE  GOVERNMENT  TAKES  Ah 
OVER  THE  WHOLE  WORLD,  WE  ^ 
WON'T  EVEN  NEED  A  GOVERNMENT 
ANY  MORE.  IT  WILL  BE  A  HEAVEN 
ON  EARTH  WITH  NO  RICH.  NO  POOR, 

NO  GOVERNMENT. - . TRUE  COMMUNISM/ 


rS 

m 

u* 

R 

jm 

a 

NOTE :  NEITHER  MARX  NOR  ANY 
OTHER  COMMUNIST  HAS  EVER  ATTEMPTED 
TO  EXPLAIN  THIS  STRANGE  BELIEF. 


HOW  COULD  GOVERNMENTS 
WITH  THAT  MUCH  POWER 


I'M  AFRAID  ^ 

MARX 
EXPLAINED 


pARX  DID  A  LARGE  AMOUNT  OF  WRITING 


r  m=*  SOME  DAY  COM- 
MUNISM  WILL  SPREAD  ALL 
OVER  THE  WORLD.  AND  MY 
,  BOOKS  WILL  CERTAINLY  J 
l  HURRY  that  DAY  / 


ElS  FRIEND,  FRIEDRICH  ENGELS,  HELPED  TO 

SUPPORT  HIM  WHILE  HE  WROTE. 


FRIEDRICH,  THIS  WILL 
BE  ONE  OF  MY  MOST 
IMPORTANT  WORKS. 

CALL  IT' THE  COMMUNIST 
MANIFESTO/ 


I  AM  GLAD  THAT 
i  COULD  HELP  YOU, 


Qears  lateRj  a  young  awn  named  lenin 


LAICK]  A  TV/WI>0  IWCW  t.cr*ir< 

WOULD  BE  GREATLY  INFLUENCED  BY  THIS 
AND  OTHER  MARX  WRITINGS. 


COMRADE,  KARL  MARX  ^ 
HAD  THE  ANSWER.  NOW  ^ 
IT  IS  UP  TO  US  TO  ENLARGE 
ON  HIS  IDEAS  AND  PUT  THEM 
INTO  PRACTICE  IN  RUSSIA/ 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


.ONLY  TO  BE  EX  PEL- ED  FOR  HIS  BELIEFS  ■ 


\S  FOR  MARX,  HE  SPENT  HIS  LIFE  AS  A  MAN 

WITHOUT  A  COUNTRY. 


KAR-,  IF  YOU  WOULD  \  J  I  WILL  TR*' 
ONLY  STOP  PREAOHN&  nJ  AGAIN  IN 
THAT  MEN  ABE  HAFPlY  K  BELGIUM. 
■VO  RE  THAN  ANIMALS -  J - 1  , - < 


14  TROUBLE  WITH  THE  GOVERNMENT  IN 
GERMANY,  HE  AND  HiS  FAMILY  MOVED  TO 
FRANCE 


QlNALLY,  .MARX  JOURNEYED  TO  EnGLAN(>7 


□HE  BELGIANS  PIP  NOT  APPROVE  OF  MARX 
EITHER . 

-  P  CAN  YOU  3 LAME  ^ 

THEM.  WHEN  YOU  x 
CONTINUALLY  PREACH 
.THAT  THE  PEOPLE 
\  SHOULD  REVOLT? 


WHERE  HE  WAS  ALLOWED  TD  STAY. 


1  BELIEVE  THIS  LAND  | 
WILL  SOME  PAY  BE 
OVERTHROWN  BY  COM¬ 
MUNISM.  YET  IT  STILL. 
GRANTS  M«  FREEDOM/ 


WE  WJJST  LEAVE! 
AT  CNCE.  THE 
AUTHORITIES  ARE 
AFTER  ME . 


WAS  FRO.V  THE  WRITINGS 
KAR_  MARX  THAT  COM¬ 
MUNISM  GO -  iTS  START.  THE 
FIRST  COUNTRY  TO  PUT  HIS 
IDEAS  INTO  PRACTICE  WAS 
RUSSIA,  AND  THE  MAN  WHO 
BROUGHT  THIS  AeOUf  WAS 
VlAPIM'R  ILYICH  lEMN.WE 
WILL  LEARN  ABOUT  HIM  IN 
THE  NEXT  CHAPTER  OF  THIS 
SERIES. 


l^lARX  SPENT  HIS  FINAL  PA*S  WORK  »4G 

ON  A  BOOR  CALLED'CAPrTAL*.  AS  FAP 
AS  IS  KNOWN,  HE  DIE?  ST'lL  REJECTING 
GOD  OR  A  BELIEF  IN  ANY  LIFE  HEREAFTER. 
HE  WAS  BJRIED  IN  HIGH  GATE  CEMETERY. 
ONDON, IN  1333. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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iODLESS 

mnm 


Dwvs  IS  THE  STORY  OF  VLADIMIR  LENIN, 
THE  MAN  WHO  TOOK  THE  TEACHINGS  OF 
/AAR X  AND  WELDED  THEM  INTO  THE 
COMMUNISM  WE  KNOW  TODAY. _ 


Qooay,  outside  the  walls  of  com- 

MUNIST  HEADQUARTERS  IN  MOSCOW,  A 
LONG  LINE  OF  CURIOUS  RUSSIANS  IS 
WENDING  ITS  WAY  INTO  A  SMALL  BUILD¬ 
ING.  INSIDE,  THE  UNE  FILES  FAST  THE 

bodies  OF  Vladimir  i.  lenin, the 

FOUNDER  OF  RUSSIAN  COMMUNISM,  AND 
JOSEPH  STALIN,  THE  MAN  WHO  FOL¬ 
LOWED  HIM  TO  POWER . 


IQn  THE  NEXT  FEW  YEARS,  LENIN  AND  A  FEW 

rr.  - _ rnmirn  tiji:  uJD i Tl MftC  ftC 


Benin  was  born  in  russ-.a  in  1670.  at  17, 

HE  WAS  ALREADY  IN  TROUBLE. 


CLOSE  FRIENDS  STUDIED  THE  WRITINGS  OF 
MARX. _]T  ~  '  ^ 

mgmmrn COMRADE,  KARL  MARX  HAD 

THE  ANSWER-  NOW  IT  IS  UP  TO 
US  TO  ENLARGE  ON  HIS  IDEAS 
AND  PUT  THE V-  INTO  PRACTICE 
IN  RUSSIA  |  rT!^ 


YOUNG  MAN,  YOU  HAVE  BEEN 
ARRESTED  FOR  YOUR  ANTI- 
GOV6RNMENT  ACTIVITIES  f. 
AND  YOU  ARE  BEING  EX- 
PELLED  FROM  THE  UNI-  /  ! 
VERSITY  /  — 7-gT  f - 


10 


TREASURE  CHEST 


Benin  became  an  accepted  Marxist 

LEADER. 

“  AS  FOLLOWERS  OF  MARx  vVE 
WILL  USE  EVERY  MEANS  POSSIBLE 
TO  OVERCOME  THOSE  WHO  STAND 
I COM-  || 
ERS  THE 


0NCE  AGAIN  HE  WAS  ARRESTED  FOR  ANTI- 

GOVERNMENT  ACTIVITIES. 


VOU  ARE  TO  SPEND  14 
MONTHS  IN  PRISON.  ON 

VOL 
BE 


Hollowing  his  imprisonment  and  exile,  I 

LENIN  WENT  TO  SWITZERLAND.  _ J 


I  WILL  START  A  NEWSPAPER 
WHICH  WE  CAN  SMUGGLE  INTO 
RUSSIA.  IT  WILL  URGE  THE  PEOPLE 
TO  REVOLT  AGAINST  THE  GOVERNMENT. 
IT  WILL  TELL  THEM  OF  MARX'S  PLAN 


SIFTED  MARXS  IDEAS,  WORKING  OUT*  > 

I  AM  CONVINCED,  COMRADE,"^ 
THAT  THE  ONLY  WAY  TO  BRING 
MARX'S  IDEAS  INTO  ACTUAL 
PRACTICE  IS  THROUGH  A  SMALL, 


BUT  SOME  WHO  BELIEVE  \ 

IN  MARX'S  IDEAS  THINK  TS 
THAT  WE  SHOULD  TRY  TO  1 
GROUP  TOGETHER  AND  < 
CONVINCE  OTHERS  OF  OUR  ' 
BELIEFS.  THE  LARGER  THE 
GROUP  BECOMES,  THE  MORE 
POWERFUL  IT  WILL  BE 


TREASURE  CHEST 


II 


TREASURE  CHEST 


12 


ncSEPH  STA  .  N  AND  NJ'K'TA  ( 

KHRUSHCHEV  WERE  TO  FOLLOW! 

LENIN'S  LEAP,  the  leader  of 

"HE  COMMJMST  PARTY  WOULD 
HENCEFORTH  BE  THE  $  JPREM£ 

RULER _ '’HE  DICTATOR  WHO 

~  WRONG, 


[|h us,  the  bolsheviks,  later 

TO  EE  CALLED  THE  CCWVJJN'ST 
PARTY,  WERE  BORN.  THEY  ARE 
THE  SINFUL  P.OCTS  CREATED 
BY  LENIN  TO  GROW  'HE  SIN¬ 
FUL  SEEP  PLANTED  BY  KARL 
MARY-  SUCH  EVIL  ROOTS 
COULP  GROW  NOTHING  BUT 


SUPREME  LEADS?  .OP 
-HE  eOLSHEVMS. 


Jf  F  YOU  ARE  A  BOLSHEVIK, 
j.  YOU  MUST  PO  EYAC<LV  ~ 
vWHAT  LSN  N  SAYS  Jjgjl 


COULP  DO  N! 


YES.  WHAT  HE 
SAYS  IS  ALWAYS 
RIGHT 


EVIL  fruit. 


DICTATOR. 
LENIN,  STA-1N, 


COA\A*.UN[Sr 

PARTY 


THE  SOVERK/YkENT 


f  WE  'W*LL  6ET  \ 

THE  PEGGIE  OF  \ 
\  RUSSIA  TO  REVOLT.  | 
)  BOLSHEVIKS  WILL  BE 
s.  -HE  LEADERS  OF  THE 
•  FIGHT  AND  THE 
/  PEOP.E  W'LL  DC  'HE 
V.  FIGHTING  "OR  THEM.. 


WE  MUST  KEEP 
WORKING,  SECRETLY 


Bn  FACT  JOSEPH  STAUN  WAS  ALREADY 
BEGINNING  TO  LEARN  FROM  LENIN 


TRAINING  OUR  BOl* 
SHEV  K  GROUP  BOIH 
WITH  N  RUSSIA  AND 
IN  OTHER  COUNTRIES. 
THEN,  WHEN  THE  ^ 
T  ME  IS  RIPE  ...  y. 


IN  ISC-5,  IN  FINLAND. 


W  I  HAVE  HEARD  OF 
VCUR  WORK,  COMRADE. 
YOU  LET  NOTHING  AND 
NOBODY  STAND  IN  YOUR 
WAY.  THAT  vS  GOOD.  AS 
LONG  AS  YOU  FOLLOW 
fcs  A*.Y  ORDERS —  r 


TREASURE  CHE5T 


13 


"  DIRECT  OUR  PEOPLE  TO  BREAK  PCW'N  THE  MORALE 

OF  "HE  RuSSAN  ARMY . *  \rr-y  — ■ ■-  -= 


RUSSIA  HAS  EEENi  LIGHTING  ^ 
IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  A  LONG  ' 
TIME.  YET  ALL  T  HAS  *9  SHOW 
=OR  ITS  FIGH^AGA  NST  GERMANY 
IS  LOST  LAND  AND  LOST  I  VES,  r 
PERHAPS  THE  TIME  FOR  , v,  ■ 
REVOUTION  IS  R,PE 


'HE  BOLSHEVIKS  SAY 
WE  ARE  IN  A  HOPE  .ESS 
WAR  .THAT  WE  SHOULD 
.STOP  F  GHTING. 


I....TELL  THEM  TO  INCITE  RIOTS  AMONG  "HE 
IN  the  CITIES . *  [1—7^ - :— 


.  AND  TE.L  THEM  TO  PREPARE  TO 
SE  2E  THE  RUSSIAN  GOVERNMENT 
HEADQUARTERS  IN  PE'RCGRAD/  * 


5=*-*  RISE  UP  AND  FIGHT  ^ 
YOUR  MASTERS:  NOW  IS  THE 
TIME  TO  GET  A  GOVERNMENT 
THAT  WILL  *JT  AN  END  TO  t 
y  WAR  AND  GIVE  vou  J 
k  WHAT  BELONGS  tq  YOU  )  , 


|  DISTRIBUTE  ARMS  TO  THE - ^ 

PEASANTS  'WHO  WILL  FOLLOW  OUR 
ORDERS.  PROMISE  'HEM.  LAND. 
LA'ER  WE  SHALL  TAKE  'T  AWAY 
PROM  THEM.  OUR  BELIEFS  ARE 
BOUT  ON  HATE.  NOW  15  THE  TIME 
TO  USE  THAT  HATRED/  LONG  UVE 
>  MARX  AND  LENIN  f  _ _ " 


0EN  N  APPOINTED  LEON  TRO'SKY  TO  OR¬ 
GANIZE  THE  ACTUAL  REVOLUTION. 


Qrotsky  JOURNEYED  TO  petrograd. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


14 


WHY  SHOJU?  V;E  DEFEND 


ya  HAVE  PROMISED  JS 


QpOTSKY  S'J CCEEDED 
IN  HIS  PLAN. 


THE  GOVERNMENT?  WE  WIU- 
HELP  TO  OVERTHROW  T 


MUCH, 


ic  day,  nearly  all 


. Wf  IT  IS  TWE  TO 

STRIKE.  WITH  WHAT 
WE  HAs'E  PROMISED  THE 
PEOPLE .  IT  SHOULD  BE 
v  EASY.  GET  GOING  J  ! 


, MPCRTANT  PEACES  N  THE  CITY  WERE 
’HELP  BY  THE  BOLSHEVIKS.  


CALLED  THE  WINTER  PALACE,  WAS  STILL 
IN  GCVERNWEN"  HANDS— G  JAR  D=D  BY  A 
SMALL  GROUP  OP  -QYAL  SQLD'.ERS. _ _ 


Hill) 

mm 


20 


TREASURE  CHEST 


THIS  GODIESS  COMMUNISM 


HFNIiVs  BO-SHEVIKS  WAD  GAINED 

THE  AIC  OP  AN  ARMY  OFuRIOTERS 
WHO  KNEW  LITTLE  IF  ANYTHING 
ABOUT  THE  5INFJL  IDEAS  OF  COM¬ 
MUNISM.  NOW  THEY  WERE  ABOUT 
TO  CAPTURE  PETROGRAP,THE 
CAPITAL  OF  OLD  RUSSIA. 


THE  RIOTERS  OVERWHELMED  THE  ^ 

SMALL  GROUP  O?  DEFENDERS  AROUND 
'HE  GOVERNMENT  BUILDINGS.  1 


S3  HEY  BURST  IN  ON  THE 


TAKE  THEM  ALL  FRIS™" 


HE  AND  HIS  CLOSE  FOLLOWERS 
BEL'EVED  IN  NO  GOD.  BUT  RATHER 
A  HEAVEN  ON  EARTH  TO  BE  BROUGHT 
ABOUT  BY  TRICKING  PEOPLE  INTO 
SUPPORTING  A  COMMUNIST 
DlCTATORSH  P,  WITH  NO  REGARD 
FOR  ANY  KIND  OF  LAW. _ 


TREASURE  CHEST 


21 


Q  EOLSHEVtK  UPRISING  A'-SOl 


FIGHTING  WAS  OVER. 


TOOK  PLACE  IN  MOSCOW. 


NOW  I  CAN  COME  H 
OUT  OF  HIDING  AND 
TAKE  COMMAND  CP 
RUSSIA.  THE  IDEAS 
OP  MARX  WILL  NOW 
COME  ALIVE/  ^ 


HUNDREDS  WERE  KILLED  IN  WEEK  LONG  F  iGHTING 
BEFORE  THE  REDS  GAiNED  CONTROL  AND  MADE 
MOSCOW  THE  NEW  CAPITAL. 


E  SET  U?  A  NEW  GOVERNMENT. 


C’RST,  WF  MUST 
S'OPTHE  WAR  BE-  ^ 
TWEEN  RJSSIA  AND 
■GERMANY.  OUR  AGENTS 
HAVE  GAINED  CONTROL 
CP  W06T  OP  THE  ARVCV. 


r  NOW  WE  CAN  \ 

USE  THE  ARMY 
►  TO  ENFORCE  OUR 
V  CONTROL/  f 


I  AM  NOW  HEAP  OF  ^ 
THE  NEW  GOVERNMENT 
COMRADE  TROTSKY.  YOU 
AND  COMRADE  STALIN 
WILL  BE  TWO  CF  MY  / 
CHIEF  ASSISTANTS.  j^V 


B  FEW  MONTHS  LATER... 

|  EXTRA/ fcKTRV  Russians 

SIGN  SEPARATE  PEACE 
|  WITH  GERMANY/  ALLIES 
TO  FIGHT  ON  WITHOUT 


Qrctsky  was  put  in 


T  IS  UP  TO  YOU  TO  MOLD 
7~«E  NEW  RED  ARMY  INTO. 
GROUP  CP  FIGHTERS  WHO  I 
DEFEND  THE  BOLSHEVIK  GOVERN 
MEN7.  IF  YOU  DO  NOT,  YOU 
WILL  BE  SHOrT. 


22 


TREASURE  CHEST 


GJEANWHUE  LENIN  ESTABLISHED  A  SECRET 

POLICE  FORCE  CALLED*  CHEKA 'if 


IT  WILL  BE  UP  TO  YOU  TC 
OUT  THOSE  WHO  DISAGREE 
US  AND  DISPOSE  OF  THEM 
WHATEVER  MEANS  NECESS 
SOME  OF  YOU  WILL  WORI- 
THE  ARMY  J  OTHERS  AMON 


fflftlVATE  PROPERTY  WAS  ABOLISHED. 


DADDY,  WHY  ARE 
THEY  TAKING 
OUR  CROPS  ?  J 


}J  THEY  SAY  THE  LAND 
NOW  BELONGS  TO  THE 
STATE, THAT  THEY  CAN  DO 
WITH  IT  WHAT  THEY  WISH. 


Beaching  religion  in  the  schools  was  abolished. 

WE  HAVE  NEWS  FOR  YOU,  STUDENTS. 

YOU  WILL  NO  LONGER  STUDY 
RELIGION.  SINCE  GOD  DOES  NOT 
EXIST,  THERE  IS  NO  NEED  FOR  IT. 


IN  A  MATTER  OF  MONTHS,  THOUSANDS  OF  GOOD 

PEOPLE  WERE  MURDERED. 


Benin  a\ade  many  promises  to 

THE  PEOPLE-... 


LENIN  SAYS  IN 
THE  GOVERNMENT 
NEWSPAPER  THAT 
ANY  STATE  WITHIN 
RUSSIA  THAT  WANTS 
TO  SECEDE  CAN 
DO  SO/ 


TREASURE  CHEST 


23 


G3CW  WAS  THE  FINAL  AIM  OF  COM¬ 

MUNISM  FORGOTTEN.  


NOW  THEY  CAN  BE 
USED  TO  WORSHIP 

THE  REAL  GOO _ 

i  COMMUNISM  /  s 


THESE  VESSELS  ARE 
PURE  GOLD/  THEY'LL 
BRING  A  HIGH  PRICE/ 


OUR  STRENGTH  J  YES,  COMRADE.  BUT 
IS  GROWING  /  WE  MUST  REMEMBER 
IN  RUSSIA ./  THAT  WE  WILL  NEVER 

- L  / - "'T  BE  WHOLLY  SUCCESS- 

(  FUL  UNTIL  OUR  CON~ 
TROL  IS  SPREAD  ALL  , 
Ov ER  THE  GLOBE,  f' 


BlNOVIEVj  MEN  BEGAN  THEIR  JOURNEYS  TO  FOREIGN 


3  RED  GROUP  CALLED  THE 
COMINTERN''  WAS  FORMED. 


LANDS. 


I'M  BOUND  FOR  CANADA.  >X\ 
SUPPOSED  TO  SPREAD 
COMMUNIST  IDEAS  AMONG 
THE  LABOR  LEADERS  THERE. 


YOU  WILL  HEAD  THE  GROUP,  COMRADE 
ZINOVIEV.  ITS  PURPOSE  WILL  BE  TO 
SPREAD  COMMUNISM  IN  FOREIGN  ^ 
LANDS  BY  ANY  MEANS  NECESSARY.  ) 


I  AM  LEAVING  FOR 
FRANCE  TOMORROW.  I  1 
HAVE  INSTRUCTIONS  TO 
CARRY  TO  COMMUNIST  * 
HEADQUARTERS  IN  PARIS. 


COMMUNIST  PARTIES 
ARE  SPRINGING  UP  ALL 
OVER  THE  WORLD.  I  WILL 
SEE  THAT  THEY  TAKE 
v  ORDERS  FROM  US  /  J 


SJhE  UNITED  states  ALSO  WAS  ON  THE  LIST. 


QLL  OVER  THE  EARTH,  A  NETWORK  OF 
COMMUNIST  PARTIES  WAS  DEVELOPED 
UNDER  MOSCOW'S  DIRECTION.  MEMBERS 
WERE  TRAINED  TO  OVERTHROW  THE 
GOVERNMENTS  OF  THE  COUNTRIES  IN 
WHICH  THEY  LIVED  BY  ANY  MEANS, 
INCLUDING  MURDER. 


24 


TREASURE  CHEST 


CJEANWHILE,  THE  NEW  RED  ARMY  IN  RUSSIA 
WAS  CP  POSED  BY  ANTI-COMMUNIST  ROMANS 
WHO  &EIA ME  KNOWN  AS  THE  WHITE  ARMY. 


OF  FI  GH  TINS 


THE  WHITE  ARM.ES  HAVE  J  I 
BEEN  DESTROYED,  ! 

COMRADE  LENIN.  - aJH 

- - if - 7 - THEY  HAD  ^ 

_ — ' y  /  POOR  STRATEGY  AND 
A  /  NO  SUPPLIES.  I  AM 
1  J  V  SURPRISED  THEY  LASTED 
A.  \  AS  LONG  AS  THEY  DlO. 


THEY  PROMISED  'HE 


PEOPLE  *LANP  AND  BREADS  BIT  BY  1922 


MORE  THAN  22,000 
RUSSIANS  STARVED 
TO  DEATH  THIS  MONTH. 


■"  THANK  GOD  FOP.  THE  HELP 
THE  AMERICANS  ARE  SENDING 
US/  F  ir  WEREN'T  FOR  THEM, 
l  THINGS  WOULD  BE  WORSE.  - 


A.y.EfUCAN 


;EUtP 


^  IT  IS  ALL  THE  GOVERNMENT^. 

IF  IT  WERE  OURS,  YOU  CAN  BE 
SURE  WE  WOULDNY  BE 
^-v  starving/ _ S 


THE  GOVERNMENT  5A|t> 
rr  WOULD  GIVE  US  LAND. 
BUT  NONE  OF  T  HE  LAND 
IS  OURS  AT  ALL.  ^ 


Qt  LENIN'S  MOSCOW 


THINGS  ARENY  WORKING  AS  I 
EXPECTED.  THERE  HAVE  BEEN  . 
SOME  REVOLTS  ALREADY. 
i  MUST  DO  SOMETHING  / 
BEFORE  ALL  THE  FEOPLE  S 
RISE  UP  AGAINST  ME/  J 


TREASURE  CHEST 


25 


IflANUAKV  21,  1924. 


COMRADE  STALIN/ 


LENIN  HAS  JUST 
-t  DIED/  jr-rtf 


H  SHORT  TIME  LATER  4k  jlE 

0HUS,  LENIN  AOMtTTED  THAT  THE  FIRST  COM- 

MUNIST  EXPERIMENT  WAS  A  FAILURE. 

WE  ARE  HEAVILY  BUT  WE  STILL ^ 

TAXED.  BUT  AT  LEAST  \  HAVE  NO  FREEDOM. 

WE  ARE  ALLOWED  TO  -  . 

OWN  SOMETHING  NOW _ A  i, 

AND  TO  SELL  IT.  }  J 

ilif 

Ik!! 

- 

V  "llll 1  Hf’ 

THOUSANDS  WHO  OPPOSED  COMMUNISM 

WERe  SHOT.  HUNDREDS  OP  THOUSANDS 
WERE  IMPRISONED. 


SJhe  DICTATORSHIP  AND 

COMMUNISM  STILL 


J  IN  A  GOVERNMENT  ^ 
'  SUCH  AS  OURS,  THERE 
IS  NO  PROVISION  FOR 
THE  NEXT  LEADER.  I  MUST 
MAKE  SURE  THAT  I  WIN 
n*  THE  BATTLE/ 


Benin  WAS  ENTOMBED  IN  REP  SQUARE, 

Moscow,  by  this  time,  communism 

HAD  BECOME  MUCH  LIKE  A  RELIGION... 


. .fr<JO  BE  CONTINUED 


TREASURE  CHEST 


9 


THIS  GODLESS  COMMUNISM 


r~  I,  wWSfcr'W  BIAUN.IAPI  UK/*.** 
LENIN’S  POWER  BY  USING  THE 
METHODS  AND  THOUGHT  HE  AND 
MARX  LEFT  BEHIND  THEM.  I 
fe*  MUST  &E  CUNNING  AMD  ^ 
RUTHLESS. 


CJMICH  OF  THE  COMMUNIST 
LEADERS  WOULD  TAKE  OVER 
THE  DEAD  LENA'S  LEADERSHIP? 
•MOULD  IT  BE  TROTSKY?  STAUN? 
ZINOVIES?  IN  A  DICTATORSHIP, 
THERE  IS  NO  PROVISION  FOP 
WHO  WILL  BE  THE  NEXT  LEADER  . 


iflBQM  1902  TO  1913,  HE  WAS  IMPRISONED 


tfrALIN  HAD  BEGUN  HIS  POLITICAL  CAREER  I 

hf  -ruir  <r.c  nc  - - - - -  .  ..  J 


Si*  TIMES. 


YOU  HAVE  OlANNED 
BANK  ROBBERIES  FOR 
THE  BOLSHEVIKS  /  FOR 
ACr  VITIES  AGAINST  THE 
GOVERNMENT  YOU  WILL 
BE  DETAINED  AGAIN  {  * 


YOU  ARE  SUPPOSED  'O  BE  ^ 
STUDYING  FOR  THE  ORTMOOOX 
PRIESTHOOD.  YET  YOU  AGREE 
WITH  THE  TEACHINGS  OF  MARX 
AND  REJECT  A  BELIEF  IN  GOD/ 
YOU  ARE  HEREBY  EXPELLED  « 
FROM  SCHOOL/ 


10 


TREASURE  CHEST 


07ALIN  TOOK  LITTLE  PART  IN  THE  REVOLUTION  OF  1917. 
©JT  SOON  AFTER  IT  WAS  OVER 


,Qhe  OTHER  EDITOR  of"prav»‘ 

I  WAS  LEO  KAMENEV. 


'  LENIN  HAS  ALSO  ” 
NAA^D  HIM  GENERAL 
SECRETARY  OF  THE  . 
COMMUNIST  PARTY.  A 


THAT  IS  JOSEPH  STALIN.  ] 
THE  NEW  CO-EDITOR  OF  '  * 
THE  GOVERNMENT  NEWS- 
PAPBV'-RRA’/PA^  THEY  SAY 
t  HE  IS  A  VICIOUS  MAN .J 


HE  TOO  HAD  DREAMS  OF 
SOMEDAY  TAKING  LENIN'S 
PL  A  CE . 


□T  THE  SAME  TIME,  HE  SAW  THAT  TROTSKYlsI 


Bur  STALIN  WAS  \f  WHEN  LENIN  DIES, 

ALREADY  MAKING  TROTSKY  W  LL  BE  MY  l1 
PLANS.  Igp^  CHIEF  OPPONENT  FOR  V 
POWER.  NOW  IS  THE  TIME 
TO  PREPARE.  I  WILL  be 
H  [i  FfflH  &  »<■'  IMHY  ivTH  HAA'fNt. 

FMillml  a  AND  ZINGVIr'^  "  HE  HEAD  . 
MltfWU  3^.  OF  THE  COMINTERN,  i 


FRIENDS  ’MERE  REMOVED  FROM  IMPORTANT 
GOVERNMENT  POSTS- 


ET1&  GENERAL^] 

'  SECRETARY  OF  "HE 
PARTY,  HE  CAN  MAKE  | 
SUCH  CHANGES. 

1  BUT  DON'T  WORRY. 
WE  WILL  WIN  OCT  . 
IN  "HE  END.  J 


COMRADE  'ROTSKY  i  ) 
BOTH  CF  US  HAVE  S 
BEEN  REMOVED  FROM 
OUR  POSTS  G»V  STALIN  .< 


Qou.owing  Lanin'S 


. . . . '>  DEATH, 

STAulN'S  STRENGTH  BECAME 
AK>RE  APPARENT 


BUT  T  WAS  ALREADY  TOO 
LATt.  STALIN  GRABBED 
LENIN  S  POWER. 


ZINOVIEV  AND  KAMENEV 

JOINED  WITH  TROTSKY  TO 
PLAN  FOR  STALIN'S  DEFEAT 


TREASURE  CHEST 


11 


FINALLY.  IN  1940,  NE  WAS  KILLED  BY  A 
STALIN  AGEN^  IN  MEXICO- 


05  FOR  KAMENEV  AND  ZINOVIEV, 
TREY  WERE  BOTH  Dc  MOT  ED  AND 
EVENTUALLY  EXECLTE9  because 
of  THclR  ACTIVITIES. 


12 


TREASURE  CHEST 


L.ON3  LIVE  THE  GREATEST 
GENIUS  Cc  HUMANITY  OUR 
TEACHER  AND  LEADED, 
VICTORIOUS*  GUIDING  US 

TOWARD  COMMUNISM. _ 

OUR  BELOVED  STALIN/ 


vOL  HEARD 
A'E  f  YOU  Wit. 

ARREST  ANY¬ 
ONE  suspected 
D.SAGRfcEMlMT 
I  ME. 

DOUBT.  AW 


WITH 


UNE  CP  THE  MEN  WHO  HELPED  MOST  (N 
UILWNG  UP  THE  IDEA  OF  AN  ALL-POWERFUL 
STALIN  WAS  NIKITA  KHRUSHCHEV. 


fflE  ENCOURAGED  GROWTH  OF 

♦THE  COMMUNIST  YOUTH  LEAGUE^ 


IN  A  cfvV  YEARS,  YOU 
Will  BE  ALLOWED  TO  JOIN 
THE  COMMUNIST  PARTY.  BUT 
FIRST  YOU  MUST  LEARN  TKAT 
STALIN  AND  THS  FART1' 

ARE  YOUR 


UN  FACT.  TODAY  THERE 

STAN 55  IN  A  MOSCOW 
PARK  A  STATUE  OF 
YOUNG  PAVLIK  MOROZOV, 
DECLARED  A  COMMUNIST 
HERO  BECAUSE  HE 
"OLD  THE  RECS 
ABOUT  HIS  ANT l - 
COMMUNISM 


TREASURE  CHEST 


13 


'Corrective  labor  camps*  were  begun. 

MILLIONS  OF  RUSSIANS  CONSIDERED'DANGEROUS' 
BY  STALIN  WERE  SENT  TO  WORK  IN  THEM. 


THESE  6 LAVES  WERE  FORCEO  TO  WORK  ON 
NEW  PUBLIC  PROJECTS  LIKE  DAMS, 


CANALS  AND  RAILROAPS. 


g  SERIES  OP '‘COLLECTIVE  FARMS* 


BeninVnew  economic  policy 'was  halted. 


.  -■■±LS  THEY  ARE  sending 

THEY  ARE  SENDING)  THOUSANDS  OP  U3.  AND 
MY  WHOLE  FAMILY  )  EVERYTHING  WE  PRODUCE 
TO  THIS  FARM  WILL  BE  TURNED  OVER 
OP  THEIRS  *  t'  X  TO  THE  GOVERNMENT.!^ 


STALIN  HAS  DECREED  THAT  V 
YOU  WILL  NO  LONGER  WORK  ' 
YOUR  OWN  LAND.  IT  HAS  BEEN 
TAKEN  BACK  AS  THE  PROPERTY 
OP  THE  STATE,  ' 


STOP  TO  THAT/ 


THE  PEASANTS  ARE  1 - " 

ANGRY/ THEY  ARE  KILLING 
AND  BURNING  THE»R 
CATTLE  AND  CROPS^JJl 


YES.  BUT  NOT  EVEN 
THE  HOUSE  16  OURS/ 
AND  THEY  TAKE  EVEW 
.THING  ELSE  WE  GROW./ 


WELL  AT  LEAST  WE  T 
ARE  ALLOWED  A  COW  . 
AND  A  VEGETABLE  > 
GARDEN  FOR  OUR  OWN. 


14 


TREASURE  CHEST 


EJir-  CAm£  AMO  CROPS  WERE 
DESTROYED  SO  THOROUGHLY 
BY  THE  PEASANTS  THA T  A 
TERRt&LE  FAMINE  SPREAD 
OYER  A  LARGE  PART  OF  RUSSIA 


AS  A  RESULT  MILLIONS  OP  RUSSIANS 
_ STARVED  TO  DEATH. _ 


[INSTEAD,  STALIN  SPREAD  A\OKE  TERROR 

AMONG  THE  PEOPLE.  ^ -  --N 

'  - •  THEY  SHOLlD  WAVE  I 

KNOWN  BETTER.  NOW 
THEY  WILL  PIE  IN  J 
V SIBERIA  .  . — *S\ 


0TALIN  REFUSED  HELP 


PROW  OTHER  COUNTRIES. 


I  WILL  N err  ACCEPT  *-v 
!£L?/  IF  1  DO,  it  W«LL  l 


ANOTHER  TRAJNLOAD 
OF  PEOPLE  WHO  f 
PEP: EC  STALIN,  r 


BE  THE  SAME  AS  AD- 
MITT  KG  COMMUNISM 
IS  A  FAILURE  i  -r— 


A\V=>*.  , 
/>'  AOWNV 


TREASURE  CHEST 


13 


THIS  GODLESS  COMMUNISM 


IfALlN  HAD  GRABBED  THE  POWER 
AND  HAD  WHIPPED  HIS  BROKEN 
COUNTRY  INTO  TERROR-STRICKEN 
OBEDIENCE.  WITH  WORLD-WIDE 
COMMUNISM  HIS  FINAL  AIM,  HE 
BEGAN  TO  BUILD  UP  HIS 
COUNTRY'S  MIGHT. 


W I  KNOW.  BLIT  HE  HAS  SET 
almost  impossible  goals. 
iYOU  CANNOT  INCREASE  YOUR 
I  PRODUCTION  SO  MUCH  IN  , 
^  JUST  FIVE  YEARS. 


W  COMRADE  STALIN  HAS  SET 
w  UP  WHAT  HE  CALLS  HIS  "FIVE-  1 
YEAR"  PLAN.  IT  WILL  HELP  OUR 
COUNTRY  TO  DEVELOP  ITS  HEAVY 
^industry  tremendously^t-t: 


Bur  STALIN  THOUGHT  IT  COULD  BE  DONE. 


IlLUONS  WERE  SENT  TO 
IRCEP -LABOR  CAMPS. 


WITH  COMMUNIST  METHQPS. 


HEAVY  INDUSTRY  IS  THE  BACKBONE 
OF  WAR  PREPAREDNESS .  MANY  WILL 
SUFFER  AND  DIE  BECAUSE  OF  OUR  WORK. 
DO  NOT  BE  CONCERNED  WITH  THEM/  £1 
CONCERNED  ONLY  WITH  COMMUNISM  / 


14 


TREASURE  CHEST 


Hundreds  of  thousands  of 

THESE  SLAVES  DIED  BECAUSE 
OF  THE  :  -reatment. 


...BUT  THEIR  BLOOD  HELPED  TO  STRENGTHEN 
RUSSIA  AND  PREPARE  IT  >OR  WAR. 


BRUMPEO-UP  CHARGES  AND  QUICK  TRiALS 

TOOK  CAKE  OF  STAL  VS  °ROSlEM. 


HiBAHWH  lEj  S'  ALIN  BEGAN  "O  SU5PECT 
MEMBERS  OF  THE  CQM.WLN.ST  PARTY. 


r  YOU  ARE  PLOTTING  AGAINS"  ME.  YOL 

WOULD  LtKE  TO  SEE  ME  DEAD  SO  ''HAT 
YOU  CAN  GAIN  V. Y  POWER.  YOU  WILL 
gV  HOT  SUCCEED'  > - p.  - - ■« - - - r 


gnus,  STA-iN  KEPT  THE  PARTY  SMALL,  AS 

LENIN  HAD  PLANNED  It.  AT  THE  SAME  TIME 
HE  STRENGTHENED  HIS  POWER  THROUGH  A 
NSW  REIGN  OF  TERROR,  f,  . 


WERE 


COMRADES,  IT  IS  GET* 
T  NG  SO  THAT  NONE 
OF  US  KNOWS 
WI_L  BE  NEXT 


TREASURE  CHEST 


15 


■trMQUGH  STAUNS  *F  VE-YEAR  FLAMS' 
NEVER  CACHED  THEIR  GOALS,  THE 
.V,ILrARr  STRENGTH  OF  RUSSIA  WAS 


STALIN  HAS  AGREES  \  I  DONT  TRUST* 
NOT  TC  F  GHT  h  T_ER'S/  EITHER  ONE  OF 
GERMAN- '  'RET  CAl_  JTHEM.  SOAAETH  MGS 
IT  A  NCNAGGRESSIONJ&hl  F  SHY  / 
r  PACT  .  rrr_^rf^  p| — -p  r - r1 


VASTLY  IMPROVED 


;  IN  A  MATTER 
!  OF  MONTHS... 


|  FINLAND  1 N VASE 5  BY  REDS'  | 


'HESE  ATTACKS  TOOK  PLACE  IN  SPtfE  OF 
RED  "NON AGGRESS i ON*  PACTS  WITH  POLAND, 
FINLAND,  LATVIA,^  ESTONIA  AND  J-JUANA. 


16 


TREASURE  CHEST 


Bed  secret  police  moved  into  the  new  1 

^  J-ANPS^Jj  THEY'RE  EVERYWHERE/  ^ 
ccroc-r  \(  ANYBODY  THE  LEAST  SUSPECTED  | 
cToi  I  \\  ,S  BEJN&  SENT  TO  RUSSIA.  J 


JrTLER  AND  STALIN  DIVIDED  POLAND 

BETWEEN  THEIR  TWO  COUNTRIES. 


RUSSIA  GAINED  77,000  SQUARE  , WILES; 


GERMANY.  73.000 


[ORE  THAN  A  MILLION  POLES 


^  MR.  PETROSKI,  YOU  WILL 
BE  SENT  TO  STALINGRAD  TO 
WORK  THERE.  THE  REST  OF 


WERE  SENT  TO  RUSSIA.  MANY 
FAMILIES  WERE  BROKEN  UP. 


TOUR  FAMILY  WILL  WORK 
IMIIa  ,N  SIBERIA.  J. _ ^ 

jj 

ff ' 

Li 

|N  ADDITION.  MANY  THOUSANDS  OF  POLISH 

LRMY  OFFICERS  WERE  SLAUGHTERED. 


HA/  THOSE  POLISH 
OFFICERS  KEEP 
MARCHING  INTO 
THE  WOODS.  BUT 
THEY  NEVER  < 


COM! 


■  he  SAME  THING  HAPPENED  IN  ESTONIA 


LATVIA.  AND  LITHUANIA. 


ESTONIA  < 

TAuru©  RUSSIA 


LATVIA  ! 


LITHUANIA 

©KAUNAS 


POLAND 


TREASURE  CHEST 


17 


Meanwhile,  the  small  but  tough 

FINNISH  ARMY  WAS  GIVING  THE  REDS 
A  SURPRISING  BATTLE. 


WE  SHOULD  HAVE 
WON  ALL  OF 
FINLAND.  BUT  WE 
MUST  ACCEPT*.  A 


fUT  FINALLY,  THE  NUMERICAL  STRENGTH 
F  THE  REDS  BROUGHT  A  PARTIAL  VICTORY. 


THE  FINNS  HAVE 
OFFERED  TO  GIVE  US 
MORE  THAN  A  TENTH 
OF  THEIR  LAND, 
COMRADE  STALIN. 


®REAT  BRITAIN  AND  FRANCE 
HAD  DECLARED  WAR  ON 
GERMANY  FOR  ITS  ATTACK 
ON  POLAND.  WITH  THOSE 
COUNTRIES  BUSY.... AND 
PARTICULARLY  BECAUSE  HE 
HAD  BEEN  FRIENDLY  WITH 
HITLER. ..STALIN  CONSIDERED 
RUSSIA  SAFE. 


WE  WILL  VERY  SHORTLY 
DRIVE  THE  ENEMY  FROM 
OUR  LAND/  ALREADY  WE 
HAVE  SEVERAL  MAJOR 
t  VICTORIES  TO  OUR 
^  CREDIT/  y— y 


■  n  HIS  OWN  MIND,  HOWEVER.  STALIN 

KNEW  BETTER.  - 

THE  GERMANS  ARE 
POURING  INTO  RUSSIA 
AND  OUR  ARMY  CAN'T 
SEEM  TO  STOP  THEM. 

HOW  CAN  WE  IF  WE 
COULDN'T  EVEN  CON¬ 
QUER  FINLAND?  IF  WE 
DO  NOT  GET  HELP, 

WE  ARE  FINISHED. 


THE  GREAT  RED  WAR  MACHINE  WAS 
GINNING  TO  FALL  APART/ 


TREASURE  CHEST 


9 


THIS  GODLESS 
COMMUNISM 


□  iTLERS  SOLDIERS  WERE  RAPIDLY 
MARCHING  INTO  RUSSIA-... AND 
WERE  ACTUALLY  BEING  GREETED 
WITH  OPEN  ARMS  BY  AAANY  OF 
THE  RUSSIAN  PEOPLE/ 


WELCOME  TO 
X  UKRAINIA' 


v  WE  WILL  BE 
FREE  ONCE  AGAIN  / 


OPEN  OUR  CHURCHES 
AND  GIVE  US  FOOD/ 


yU)8RAW/  THE  LAND 
WILL  BE  OURS  AGAIN 


Bn  the  kremlin, 


AND  NEITHER  OUR  PEOPLE 
NOR  OUR  SOLDIERS  ARE 
L  DEFENDING  RUSSIA  «• 
Tt  AS  THEY  SHOULD/  > 


S  WE  MUST  GET  HELP  FROM  ^ 
THE  U.S.  AND  BRITAIN,  AND  WE 
MUST  RALLY  THE  PEOPLE  BEHIND 
US... BY  ANY  MEANS  AVAILABLE. 


IN  MOSCOW....  V 

—  -  - - ■  —  - - 

IT  IS  TRUE  THAT  S^^ 
THE  5 -YEAR  PLANS  VL  ^ 
STRENGTHENED  OUR  \ 
ARMY,. -BUT  NOT  ENOUGH  I 
TO  BEAT  THE  GERMANS.  J 


10 


TREASURE  CHEST 


HENCEFORTH.  THE  ORTHODOX 
CHURCH  WILL  HAVE  SOME 
FREEDOM.  OF  COURSE,  IT 
MUST  STILL  COOPERATE  WITH 
THE  COMMUNIST  PARTY. 


One  RUSSIAN  ARMY  TOO  WAS  SUBJECTED 

TO  CLOSE  SCRUTINY. _ 

WHY  FIGHT  FOR  '*ST  IVAN/  YOU  KNOW 
STALIN?  HE  IS  JUST)  EVERY  ARMY  UNIT 
AS  BAD  AS  HITLER. /HAS  A  MEMBER  OF 
^THE  SECRET  POLICE 
IN  IT.  BE  CAREFUL 
"  WHAT  YOU  SAY/ 


Qo  GAIN  SOME  FAVOR  AMONG  THE  PEOPLE, 

STALIN  RELAXED  RELIGIOUS  RESTRICTIONS. 


[Qe  also  began  a  strong  appeal 

1  TOWARD  RUSSIAN  PATRIOTISM. 


OUR  A  M  IS  CLEAR  AND 
HONORABLE.  WE  WANT  TO  FREE 
RUSSIA  WE  WANT  TO  FREE  OUR 
BROTHERS  FROM  THE  GERMAN 
CHAINS  PATRIOTS  DEFEND 
YOUR  FATHERLAND/ 


CTme  CONSTANT  PROPAGANDA  MET  WITH 
STRONG  RESULTS  AMONG  'HE  PEOPLE. 
THE  RADIO  SAID  LAST  ^  LONG  LIVE  THE 
NIGHT  THAT  IT  IS  NOT  /GREAT  HOMELAND 
- - -  A  OF  RUSSIA  I  ' 


„  QUESTION  OF  DE¬ 
FENDING  COMMUNISM. 
IT  IS  A  QUESTION  OF 
DEFENDING  RUSSIA. 
OUR  HOME.  I  WILL 
DEFEND  MY  HOME 
TO  THE  DEATH  / 


guT  5TALIN  KNEW  HE  NEEDED  HELP 

FROM  OTHER  PEOPLE  TOO. _ , 

THE  U.S.  AND  BRITAIN  Y  BUT  WE  NEED 
KNOW  WE  WANT  TO  (  WAR  GOODS, 
SPREAD  COMMUNISM  /  PARTICULARLY 
ALL  OVER  THE  WORLD.  '.FROM  THE  U.  S. 
BECAUSE  OF  THIS,  THEY  JOURS  HAVE  BEEN 
ARE  SUSPICIOUS  OF  US.)  DESTROYED  AND 
^  CANNOT  BE 
REPLACED. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


11 


YESTERDAY.  DECEMBER  7,  194  1  ....  A  DATE 

WHICH  WILL  LIVE  IN  INFAMY _ THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA  WAS 
SUDDENLY  AND  DELIBERATELY  — ■ - M 
ATT  AC  K  E  D _  v  ■ 


QfteR  a  SERIES  OF  DEFEATS,  the  RUSSIAN 
ARMY  WITH  ITS  NEW  SUPPLIES  BEGAN  TO 
DEFEND  ITS  HOMELAND  WITH  INCREASED 
VIGOR 


®  MOSCOW 


POLAND 


STALINGRAD 


■■■■■  -  ■ 

ROMANIA  'fV  ^ 

GERMAN  ATTACKS  Tn  1*USsTa7"I5 "i? 


.OF  COURSE,  THE  COMINTERN  WAS  NOT 
DISBANDED.  INSTEAD,  ITS  WORK  WAS 
SECRETLY  CONTINUED.) 


THE  AMERICANS  KNOW  WE  HAVE 
A  GROUP  CALLED  THE  COMINTERN. 
ITS  DUTY  IS  TO  SPREAD  COMMUNISM 
WITHIN  FREE  COUNTRIES.  LET  US 
TELL  THE  WORLD  WE  HAVE 
DISBANDED  THE  COMINTERN. 

THEN  THEIR  SUSPICIONS 
WILL  DISAPPEAR  { 


0N  THE  MEANTIME  ,  THE  U.  S.  WENT  TO  WAR 
AGAINST  JAPAN  AND  GERMANY.  RUSSIA  t 
OF  NECESSITY.  BECAME  OU R  ALLY  / 


NOW  IS  THE  I 
TIME  FOR  US 
TO  BEGIN 
JHt  INVASION 


(  THE  RUSSIAN  ARMY  ON 
ONE  SIDE  AND  OURS  ON 
THE  OTHER  WILL  BE  TOO 
>  MUCH  FOR  HITLER  r 
TO  HANDLE. 


[□iTLEr's  ARMIES  SUFFERED 

j  SEVERE  DEFEATS. _ 


flHE  U.S.  AND  GREAT  BRITAIN  DEFEATED  A 
LARGE  GERMAN  ARMY  IN  AFRICA,  INVADED 
ITALY,  AND  BEGAN  TO  GAIN  THE  UPPER 
HAND  IN  THE  BATTLE  WITH  JAPAN. 


12 


TREASURE  CHEST 


Bn  oune  6, 1944 


_  _ THE  LARGEST  ARMADA 

IN  THE  HISTORY  OF  WARFARE  LANDED  ITS 
TROOPS  IN  FRANCE  UNDER  THE  COMMAND 
OF  GENERAL  DWIGHT  EISENHOWER. 


Eisenhower's  troops  battled  through 

FRANCE  AND  INTO  GERMANY  FROM  THE 
WEST.  RUSSIAN  TROOPS  ENTERED  FROM 
THE  EAST.  ON  MAY  7  194S,  GERMANY 
SURRENDERED.  ~  "  7  - 1 - 


ECIDED  TO  HELP  THE  U.  S.  QlNALLY,  ONLY  A  WEEK  BEFORE 
IE  WAR  AGAINST  JAPAN-  JAPAN'S  SURRENDER... _ 

7” THEY  OUGHT  TO  STOP  1  I  ITS  JUST  BEEN  /thaT%  NO  SI 
CROWING  AND  HELP  US  \  ANNOUNCED  ON  i  PRISE.  THIS  W 
AGAINST  THE  JAPS  -THE  \THE  RADIO  THAT /STALIN  CAN  S/ 
SAME  AS  WE  HELPED  THEM,  RUSSIA  HAS  DE-)  HE  FOUGHT  J, 
^AGAINST  THE  GERMANS //  CLARED  WAR  <  ESE  AND  CLA 


0N  SEPT.  2  1945,  THE  JAPANESE 

r  i  mrirL  ahkhk  «  «  r*.  ,«  .  . 


Ur<  ^tri.  C..  ivto,  IMC  UAHftNtat 

SURRENDERED  TO  GENERAL  DOUGLAS 
MAC  ARTHUR  ABOARD  THE  U.S.S.  MISSOURI, 


THE  GREATEST  WAR  IN  THE  HISTORY 
OP  THE  WORLD  WAS  OVER.  THE  TREE 
WORLD  LOOKED  FORWARD  TO 
PEACE  FOREVERMORE. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


13 


(J)OST  OF  the  free  world 
HAD  FORGOTTEN  THE  CORE 
OF  COMMUNIST  THOUGHT 


0UR1NG  THE  WAR,  A  SPECIAL  MEETING  BETWEEN  THE 


LEADERS  OF  THE  U.  S.,  GREAT  BRITAIN,  AND  RUSSIA 
HAD  BEEN  HELD.  f.  ■  ■■  '  =y~  1  ~ 


YOU  WAVE 
MY  PROMISE 


THEN  WE  HAVE  YOUR  PROMISE 

that  the  countries  we  free  will  • 

BE  ENCOURAGED  AND  HELPED  TO 
FORM  DEMOCRATIC  GOVERNMENTS? 


♦ 


OMMEDIATELY.  STALIN  SET  ABOUT  BREAKING 
HIS  PROMISE  AS  A  *GOOD*  COMMUNIST 
ALWAYS  POES. 


NOW  THAT  THEY 
HAVE  FREED  OUR 
NATION,  WHY  DON!* 
THE  REDS  GO  HOME? 


0Y  THE  END  OF  1947  EAST  GERMANY 

(INCLUDING  PART  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
BERLIN  ),  YUGOSLAVIA,  BULGARIA, 
RUMANIA.  HUNGARY.  SAKHALIN  AND 
KURILE  ISLANDS,  POLAND,  NORTH 
KOREA,  CZECHOSLOVAKIA,  AND 
ALBANIA  HAD  COME  UNDER  COM¬ 
PLETE  COMMUNIST  CONTROL. 


14 


TREASURE  CHEST 


WHO  OPPOSED  THE  RED 
FORCED  ON  THEM  WERE 


Bhurch  LEADERS  WERE 


THE  GOVERNMENT  TODAY  HA5 
DECREED  THAT  THE  PRIMATE  OF 
HUNGARY  CARDINAL  MINDSZENTY 
WILL  SPEND  THE  REST  OF  HIS 


MORE  AND 
AROUND  H»M. 


T  SEEMS  THE  ^ 

ONE  GETS 
PARTY,  THE 
MORE  LIKELY  HE 


| Suddenly,  on  march  S,  1955,... 


KHRUSHCHEV 


0TAUN'S  BODY  WAS  PLACED 

NEXT  TO  LENIN'S  IN  THE  TOMB 
IN  RED  SQUARE  IN  MOSCOW. 
THE  CROWD  THAT  WENDED  ITS 
WAY  TO  THE  TOMB  NOW  HAD  THE 
BODIES  OF  TWO  COMMUNIST 
*  HEROES*  TO  LOOK  AT/ 


TREASURE  CHEST 


29 


THIS  GODLESS 
COMMUNISM 


Stalin  was  dead,  just  as  after 
LENIN S  DEATH,  A  STRUGGLE  ERUPTED 
WITHIN  THE  COMMUNIST  PARTY  OVER 
WHO  WOULD  BECOME  THE  NEW 
TYRANT.  POSSIBLE  WINNERS  OF  THE 
5TRUGGLE  WERE  NUMEROUS. 


LAVRENTI  BERIA 
ONE  OF  STALINS  MOST  VICIOUS 
WORKERS  AND  HEAD  OF  THE 
SECRET  POLICE  i  CONSIDERED 
BY  MANY  EXPERTS  THE 
LIKELY  WINNER. 


GEORG!  MALENKOV 
A  CAUTIOUS,  SOMEWHAT 
STUDIOUS  FOLLOWER  OF 
STALIN  AND  A  SPECIALIST 
IN  FOREIGN  AFFAIRS. 


VYACHESLAV  MOLOTOV 
A  LONG-TIME  HOLDER  OF 
TOP  POSTS  UNDER  STALIN 
AND  LENIN. 


MARSHALL  GEORGI  ZHUKOV 
RUSSIA'S  GREATEST  WORLD 
WAR  n  HERO  WITH  STRONG 
SUPPORT  WITHIN  THE  ARMY. 


LAZAR  KAGANOVICH, 
THE  OLDEST  OF  THE  CANDI¬ 
DATES,  A  LONG-TIME  FRIEND 


NIKOLAI  BULGANIN, 
MINISTER  OF  DEFENSE 
UNDER  STALIN. 


AND  SUPPORTER  OF  KHRUSHCHEV. 


0LTHOUGH  EACH  OF  THEM  WANTED  TO  BE  THE  NEW 

DICTATOR,  NONE  WAS  STRONG  ENOUGH  TO  TAKE 
OVER  THE  GOVERNMENT  ALONE. 


THE  SITUATION  WITHIN  v\  /  YES.  COMMUNISM 
RUSSIA  IS  CRITICAL.  SOME  W  WILL  BE  IN  TROUBLE 
OF  OUR  EXPERTS  THINK  THE  \  WITHOUT  A- STRONG 
RUSSIAN  PEOPLE  MIGHT  REVOLT^  COLD-BLOODED 
AGAINST  THE  COMMUNISTS.  LEADER, 


30 


TREASURE  CHEST 


I  AM  VERY  PROUD  W  NlKITA ,  PERHAPS 
OF  MY  DIPLOMA.  AFTER\YOUR  MEMBERSHIP 
ALL,  I  EARNED  IT  WHILE  )  IN  THE  PARTY 


l  WAS  WORKING. 


KALINOVKA,  NEAR  UKRAINIA 


However,  a  real  revolution  in 
RUSSIA  WAS  NOT  TO  BE.  IN  ONLY  A 
SHORT  WHILE,  NIKITA  KHRUSHCHEV 
WOULD  TAKE  COMMAND. 


EfHRUSHCHEV  WAS  BORN  66  YEARS  AGO  IN 


SON 


SOMEDAY 


WILL  TILL  OUR 
LAND  WITH  ME 


WITH  THE  VICTORY  OF  RUSSIAN  - 
LED  COMMUNISM  ON  A  WORLD¬ 
WIDE  SCALE.  GOVERNMENTS  WILL 
WITHER  AWAY-...  AS  MARX  AND 
LENIN  TAUGHT  US.  GOD  WILL  NO 
LONGER  EXIST  IN  THE  MINDS  OF 
MEN,  AND  HEAVEN  WILL  EXIST  ^ 
ON  EARTH.  A 


0N STEAD,  AFTER  ATTENDING  SCHOOL  A 

SHORT  TIME,  KHRUSHCHEV  WENT  TO  WORK 
IN  A  FACTORY.  IN  1918,  SHORTLY  AFTER 
LENIN  CAME  TO  POWER _ 


On  1925,  HE  WAS  GRADUATED  FROM 
GRADE  SCHOOL,  TO  WHICH  HE  HAD  BEEN 
SENT  BY  THE  COMMUNIST  PARTY. 


ON  FACT,  PARTY  MEMBERSHIP  AND  THE  EDUCATION 
IT  HAD  GIVEN  HIM  RESULTED  IN  HIS  LEAVING 
THE  WORKING  CLASS. 


THE  GRAND  AND 
GLORIOUS  WORKING 
CLASS  WILL  SOMEDAY 
RULE  THE  WORLD/ 


IT  IS  THAT  NEW  V 
COMMUNIST  PARTY- 
OFFICIAL.  HE  SAYS  NICE 


0NE  OAY,  KHRUSHCHEV  MET  LAZAR 
KAGANOVICH,  A  LEADER  IN  THE 
RED  REVOLUTION  AND  FRIEND 
LENIN  AND  STALIN. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


31 


Busing  this  time,  he  became  one  of 
STALINS  CHIEF  KILLERS.  HE  SENT 
THOUSANDS  TO  THEIR  DEATHS. 


Qn  ONE  OF  HIS  SPEECHES,  KHRUSHCHEV 
HAD  THIS  TO  SAY  ABOUT  THE  KILLING 

BY  LIFTING  THEIR  HAND 
AGAINST  COMRADE  STALIN, 

THEY  LIFTED  IT  AGAINST 
THE  BEST  HUMANITY  POS 
SESSES.  FOR  STALIN  IS 


WAS  SENT  TO  UKRAINA,  NEAR 
TO  DISCIPLINE  THE  PEOPLE 


KHRUSHCHEV  HAS  BEEN  1 
N  THE  UKRAINE  FOR  TWO  « 
YEARS  NOW  AND  HAS  BROUGHT 
ABOUT  THE  EXECUTION  OF  ABOUT 
PEOPLE.  HE  HAS  DONE 


Bate  in  world  war  n,  Khrushchev  re¬ 
turned  TO  THE  UKRAINE  AND  HAD 
HUNDREDS  OF  THOUSANDS  MORE  KILLED 
FOR  WELCOMING  THE  GERMANS  TO  RUSSIA. 


IT  IS  THAT 
MURDERER 
KHRUSHCHEV 


32 


TREASURE  CHEST 


f  KHRUSHCHEV  IS  ^ 

PROBABLY  THE  ONLY 
MAN  HERE  WHOM 
x  I  CAN  TRUST,  s* 


Because  of  his  work,  Khrushchev  became  one 

of  staun's  most  trusted  officials 


Hollowing  staun's  death,  Russia 

WAS  RULED  FOR  A  TIME  BY  A  GROUP 

OF  staun's  old  top  officials! 


THE  RUSSIANS 
HAVE  A  GROUP 
LEADERSHIP  NOW. 
MALENKOV,  BERIA, 
MOLOTOV,  KAGANOVICH 
BULGANIN,  AND  A  FELLOW 
NAMED  KHRUSHCHEV. 


I  IMAGINE  IT  \ 

WONY  BE  LONG 


3 

SEj 


Qhile  they  battled  among  themselves, 

THEY  IMPROVED  THE  LOT  OF  THE  PEOPLE-. 
FOR  THEY  FEARED  THEY  MIGHT  OTHERWISE 
REVOLT. - 

ANOTHER  MAN  FROM 
A  SLAVE  LABOR  CAMP. 

THEY  ARE  FREEING 
MANY  OF  THE/A 
L THESE  DAYS 


•'AND  HAVE  YOU 
NOTICED  ALL  THE 
NICE  THINGS  THE 
STATE  STORES  ARE 
■  SELLING  THE 
L  PEOPLE  NOW?  „ 


[3ERIA  WAS  MOST  FEARED  BY  THE  OTHER 

LEADERS.  FOR  THE  TIME  BEING,  THEY 
BANDED  TOGETHER  AGAINST  HIM. 


f*  TODAY,  LAVRENTI  £ 
'  PROVEN  TO  BE  A  TR; 
EXECUTED  AND  NO  lOl 
THE  PEOPLE/  LONG 


STALIN  IS  A  TREACHEROUS 
MAN.  BUT  l  HAVE  NO  NEED 
TO  FEAR  HIM.  HE 
TRUSTS  ME 


E3tTH  BERIA  OUT  OF  THE  WAY. 

KHRUSHCHEV  STEPPED  UP  HIS 
FIGHT  FOR  POWER. 


f  AS  RARTY  SECRETARY,  I  CAN^\ 

APPOINT  MEN  TO  POWER  TO 
REPLACE  BERIA'S  OLD  HENCHMEN 
THEY  WILL  SUPPORT  ME.  I  WILL 
PLAY  UP  TO  ZHUKOV.  THAT  > 
WAY,  I'LL  HAVE  THE  BACKING  T 
OF  THE  ARMY _ 


WASNT  LONG  BEFORE  ANOTHER  OF  THE 

ADfcKS  FELL.  [T~  - - r r  — 

-  -  ^=HJ  ^  YES.  IT  SEEMS 

u*  THE  NEWS  7  s  L  FELLOW  KHRUSHCHEV 
iSIAS 

HAS  ftFEN  K  _  / 


HEAR  THE  NEWS 
|  RUSSIA'S 
MALENKOV  HAS  BEEN 
FORCED  TO  RESIGN  AND 
BULGANIN  IS  TAKING 


TREASURE  CHEST 


33 


3t  was  not  long  before  the 
WHOLE  Lisr  OF  CANDIDATES  HAD 
BEEN  CUT  DOWN  TO  ONE. 


WELL,  NOW  IT'S  ^  A  \  AY  BE  HE  WONT 
OFFICIAL  /  THAT  FELA  BE  AS  BAD  j 
LOW  KHRUSHCHEV  A  AS  STALIN .J 

is  Russia's  new  / 

>  DICTATOR,  j - ^  F6*— T/A —  - - 


Qven  the  man  who  helped  hi/a  to  power 

KAGANOVICH.  WAS  SHOVED  ASIDE. 


THE  RUMOR  IS  THAT 


THAT  IS  KAGANOVICH,  THE  ■  .  .  . 

GREAT  COMMUNIST  LEADER/) HE  WAS  SENT  HERE  BY 
WHAT  IS  HE  DOING  AT  A  /  KHRUSHCHEV.-.TO  GET  . 
CEMENT  FACTORY  IN  THE  Afc  RID  OF  HIM. 


NOW  I  MUST  GAIN  CONTROL  OF  THE  ^ 

PEOPLE'S  MINDS.  THEY  HATED  STALIN 
AT  I  HELPED  HIM  IN 
IT  IS  TRUE.  BUT  THEY 


FORCED  INTO  RET  I  REM 
THE  MAN  I  HELPED  TO 


H&  FOR  ZHUKOV,  THE  ARMY  LEADER 


IflHRUSHCHEV  PROCEEDED  TO 


...IT  IS  CLEAR  THAT  STALIN  SHOWED 
IN  A  WHOLE  SERIES  OF  CASES  HIS  IN¬ 
TOLERANCE,  HIS  BRUTALITY,  AND  HIS 
-w.  ABUSE  OF  POWER _ 


ACCUSE  STALIN  OF  ALL  KINDS 
OF  TREACHERY  (>S  IF  HE. 
KHRUSHCHEV,  HAD  NOTHING 
TO  DO  WITH  IT  }  IN  A  FOUR- 
HOUR  SPEECH...  


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TREASURE  CHEST 


dor  LONG  THEREAFTER 


EVENTUALLY  EVEN  STALIN BODY  WOULD 
BE  REMOVED  FROM  ITS  PLACE  OF 
HONOR.... 


DO  GAIN  APPROVAL  OF  THE  PEOPLE,  KHRUSHCHEV 

MADE  MANY  PUBLIC  APPEARANCES. 


Ot  WAS  HIS  HOPE  THAT  PEOPLE  OF  THE  WORLD  WOULD 

FORGET  HIS  FAST  CRIMES. 


0IS  ACTIONS  LULLED  MANY  OF  THE 

WORLD'S  PEOPLE  TO  SLEEP. 


YES  ISN'T  THAT 


I  I  SEE  WHERE  .  1 . . 

KHRUSHCHEV  SAYS  )  NICE?  HE  CALLS 
HE  WANTS  TO  LIVE )  IT  PEACEFUL 
AT  PEACE  WITH  r^T  COEXISTENCE. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


9 


THIS  GODLESS  COMMUNISM 


Qhrushchev£  ruthless  disregard 
FOR  LIFE  AND  THE  GOD-GIVEN  RIGHTS 
OF  PEOPLE  WAS  REVEALED  IN  ALL  ITS 
VICIOUSNESS  IN  NOVEMBER,  1956.-.. 


....THAT  MONTH,  RED  TANKS  AND  GUNS 
CRUSHED  THE  HUNGARIAN  PEOPLE,  WHO 
WERE  FIGHTING  FOR  FREEDOM  FROM  RUSSIA, 


QHE  RED  ARMY  KILLED  SOME  30,000 
HUNGARIANS  IN  PUTTING  DOWN  THE 


Similar  revolts  were  crushed  in 

EASTERN  GERMANY  AND  POLAND. 


REVOLT. 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


THE  ADDITION  OF  CHINA  TO 


-  - . -  ^  BUT  WE  MUST  W 

COMMUNISM  HAS  STRENGTHENED)  CONTINUE  THE 

OUR  POWER .  »-> — - SPREAD  OF  COM- 

^ — irn-\\T:  ‘0  r  ^UNISM  UNTIL  IT  < 

I  I  \\H  [  (  CONTROLS  THE  WHOLE 

I  \1  !B  >  WORLD.  THAT  MUST  1 

,1  \\  b  ALWAYS  BE  OUR  AIM  J 


COMRADES,  THE  IDEAS  OF  MARX  ^ 
AND  LENIN  ARE  NOW  IN  CONTROL 
OF  MORE  THAN  A  THIRD  OF  THE  . 
WORLD  AND  FORTY  PERCENT 
.OF  ITS  PEOPLE. 


□eanwhile, 

1 

IN  MOSCOW... 

j^lL 

OUR  CHIEF  ENEMY  IS  THE 
UNITED  STATES,  WHICH  HAS 
ATOMIC  WEAPONS,  JUST  AS 
WE  HAVE.  WE  CANNOT  FIGHT 
AN  ALL-OUT  NUCLEAR  WAR 
AGAINST  THEM  UNLESS  WE 


...IN  THE  MEANTIME  WE  MUST  TRY  V 
TO  WIN  THE  MINDS  OF  MEN  BY  OTHER 
MEANS.  IF  WE  CAN  CONQUER  MORE 
LANDS  BY  "SMALL*  WARS  IN  WHICH  ✓ 
ORDINARY  WEAPONS  ARE  USED, 

WE  WILL  DO  SO___ 


|N\...BUT  OUR  MOST  IMPORTANT  BATTLE  MUST 

BE  FOUGHT 


rvS 


- ttc  mwoi 

COMMUNISM  IS  ITS  SAVIOR  / 


IF  WE  CAN  DO  THAT,  WE  CAN 
WIN  THE  WORLD  WITHOUT  J 
FIRING  ANOTHER  SHOT/ 


TREASURE  CHEST 


11 


SMALL  WARS - AT  THE  RISK  OF 

STARTING  NUCLEAR  WARS _ 

WOULD  BE  FOUGHT  WITH 
RUSSIAN  HELP. 


Qhus  was  the  battlefield 

OF  THE  "COLD  WAR4'  SET  UP. 
IT  WOULD  BE  FOUGHT  FOR 

MEN'S  MINDS _ PARTICULARLY 

IN  THOSE  COUNTRIES  WHICH 
HAD  NOT  YET  DECLARED 
THEMSELVES  FOR  OR 
AGAINST  COMMUNISM. 


— 


THE  MAIN  EFFORT  WOULD  BE  TO  CON- 
THE  WORLD  THAT  COMMUNISM 
FREEDOM, 


"OUR  FARMS  ARE 
THE  FINEST  IN 
THE  WORLD. * 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


’our  children  are 

CARED  FOR  BETTER 
THAN  ANY  OTHER  ? 


'‘OUR  FACTORIES  WILL 
SOON  PRODUCE  MORE 

than  America's/7 


*  WE  GIVE  GOODS  TO 
FOREIGN  COUNTRIES 
BECAUSE  WE  LOVE  THEM! 


"OF  COURSE,  WE 
ALLOW  THE  PRACTICE 
OF  RELIGION  /  * 


"OUR  PEOPLE  APPROVE 
OF  THEIR  GOVERNMENT 
BY  VOTING  FOR  IT.  * 


Bhe  TRUTH,  OF  COURSE. 
IS  ANOTHER  MATTER/ 


THEIR  STATE-OWNED 
FARMS  PRODUCE  MUCH 
LESS  THAN  OUR 
PRIVATE  FARMS. 


COMMUNISM  MUST  BE 
FENCED  INTO  THEIR 
COUNTRY  TO  PREVENT 
ESCAPE. 


THE  REDS>*SPACE-RACE* 
LEAD  PROVES  ONLY  THAT 
THEY  HAD  A  HEAD  START. 


THE  REDS  WANT 
PEACE.. .ONLY  IF  THEY 
HAVE  THEIR  UNJUST  WAY. 


THE  CHILDREN  ARE 
TAUGHT  ALL  THE  FALSE 
VIEWS  OF  MARX  AND  LENIN, 


IF  AMERICAS  FACTORIES 
STOOD  STILL,  IT  WOULD 
STILL  TAKE  YEARS  FOR  THE 
REDS  TO  CATCH  UP  TO  US. 


RED  GOODS  ARE  GIVEN 
TO  OTHER  COUNTRIES 
ONLY  TO  MAKE  THEM 
INDEBTED  TO  COMMUNISM. 


ONLY  A  SMALL  AMOUNT  I 
OF  RED-RUN  RELIGION 
IS  ALLOWED  IN  RUSSIA. 


THE  PEOPLE  MUST  VCH 
WITH  NO  CHOICE*  OF 
WHOM  TO  VOTE  FOR 


TREASURE  CHEST 


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[DhF  REDS  HAVE  ANOTHER 

POWERFUL  WEAPON.  ALMOST 
EVERY  COUNTRY  IN  THE  WORLD 
HAS  A  COMMUNIST  PARTY 
WHICH  TAKES  ITS  ORDERS 
FROM  MOSCOW. 


7  OUR  LATEST  DIRECTIVE  ^ 

FROM  OUR  SUPERIORS  IS  TO 
STEAL  ALL  ANTI -COMMUNIST 
r  BOOKS  FROM  OUR  AMERICAN 
CITY  LIBRARIES, 


THE  SMALLEST  GROUP  IN 
THE  PARTY  IS  CALLED  A 
*CELL*  WHICH  HOLDS 
REGULAR  MEETINGS. 


Hell  members  come  from  all  walks  of  life. 


SINCE  l  AM  A  PUBLIC  VaS  A  UNIVERSITY  TEACHER, 

LIBRARIAN  THAT  SHOULD) IT  WILL  BE  EASY  TO  TAKE  > 

BE  EASY /  , - - - CARE  OF  THE  LIBRARY j-S 

- - .  r —  \  THERE,  - ~v 

pn  I  f/ - i'll  take  CARE  ‘ 

TUrrmiB7-  j  _ _  '-PtHH  of  my  labor- union 

ic  LIBRARY/  ^ 


QhEY  MUST  BLINDLY  FOLLOW  THE 
D< RECTIQNS  OF  THEIR  LEADER. 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


Dhere  are  ABOUT  20,000  COMMUNIST 


□any  of  these"  helpers''give  the  reds  aid 

WITHOUT  REALIZING  IT./T — 


party  members  in  the  U.S. TODAY. 


I  SAVE  A  CONSIDERABLE  1 
^  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY  TO  THE  ] 
r  SPANISH  REFUGEE  APPEAL.  BUT 
TODAY  I  FOUND  OUT  IT  WAS  JUST 
A  NICE  NAME  FOR  A  BUNCH  OF 
COMMUNISTS/  I'LL  BE  MORE  J 
.  CAREFUL  NEXT  TIME. 
fry  thatS  for  sure  i 


BUT  WE  AT  THE  F.  B.  I.  KNOW  THAT 
THERE  ARE  MANY  OTHERS  WHO 


HELP  THE  COMMUNISTS... BY 
GIVING  THEM  MONEY  BY  HELPING 
THEM  HIDE,  AND  BY  GIVING  THEM 
OTHER  ASSISTANCE  OF  THIS  NATURE. 


0UT  SOME  "helpers"  KNOW  EXACTLY  WHAT 


□any  PARTY  MEMBERS  HAVE  THE  SAME 


THEY  ARE  DOING, 


PROBLEM. 


MR.  SMITH,  WE 


THE  WORST  THING  I  EVER  VJ- 
DID  WAS  TO  FALL  FOR  THIS 
COAAMUNIST  BUNK.  BUT  I  CANY 
GET  OUT  NOW.  IF  I  LEAVE, 

THEY  WILL  BLACKMAIL  ^  ' 
ME.. .OR  EVEN  KILL  ME.'  J 


COMMUNISTS  HAVE  V  ( 
FOUND  OUT  THAT  YOU  \V, 
ONCE  WERE  CONVICTED  ^ 
OF  ROBBERY.  UNLESS  YOU 
HELP  US,  WE  ARE  GOING 
TO  TELL  ALL  YOUR  FRIENDS 
ABOUT  YOUR  PAST.  — 


ANYTHING.  BUT 
PLEASE  DON'T 
N  lELLj  j-* 


OhE  ACTIVITIES  OF  THE  PARTY  IN  FOREIGN 

LANDS  APE  DIRECTED  FROM  MOSCOW. 


WE  BELIEVE  THIS  FALSE 
PASSPORT  WILL  GET  YOU  SAFELY 
INTO  CANADA  IF  YOU  ENTER  BY 
WAY  OF  SPAIN.  YOU  WILL  PASS 
ON  OUR  DIRECTIONS  TO  A  MAN 
YOU  WILL  MEET  IN  A  PARK 
IN  MONTRFAL 


THUS  THE  ATTACK  AGAINST  LIBERTY 
IS  BEING  CARRIED  ON  BY  THE  COM¬ 
MUNISTS  FROM  BOTH  WITHIN  AND 
WITHOUT  THE  FREE  LANDS  OF  THE 
WORLD.  THE  MORE  WE  KNOW  ABOUT 
IT,  THE  MORE  WE  PRAY  AGAINST  IT, 
THE  SURER  WE  CAN  BE  THAT  THE 
ATTACK  WILL  FAIL. 


TREASURE  CHEST  9 

THIS  GODLESS  COMMUNISM 


E3e  have  seen  in  this  series  of 

STORIES  THE  WAV  IN  WHICH  RUSSIA'S 
LEADERS  HAVE  FOLLOWED  THE  TEACHINGS 
OF  MARX  AND  LENIN.  BEHIND  THEM, 
THEY  HAVE  LEFT  A  BLOODY  TRAIL. 


fJIT  11^  WHrvc.  »_W/YW\U IN lO/V\  MAS  LfcKl  A 

TRAIL  OF  MURDERS.  LIES,  AND  MISERY  OF 
A  KIND  NEVER  BEFORE  SEEN  IN  THE 
HISTORY  OF  THE  WORLD.  IT  IS  TRULY 
THE  WORK  OF  THE  DEVIL. 


QhEIR  METHODS  ARE 
VERY  CHANGEABLE .  TO 
THOSE  WHO  WILL  LISTEN 
TO  TALK  OF  PEACE,  THEY 
WILL  TALK  OF  PEACE.  TO 
THOSE  WHO  WILL  FALTER 
BEFORE  THREATS  OF  WAR, 
THEY  WILL  THREATEN  WAR. 
BUT  BEHIND  ALL  THIS  TALK 
IS  ONE  goal:  WORLD 
DOMINATION  BY  ANY 
MEANS. 


10 


TREASURE  CHEST 


CjHA-f  Of  THE  PEOPLE  OF  RUSSIA? 


WHAT  KINO  OF  PEOPLE  ARE  THEY? 


TUNGUS 


^MUSCOVITE; 


GEORGIAN 


[CAUCASI  AN 


UKRAINIAN 


"ARMENIAN^ 


BiRST  OF  ALL. THEY  are  creatures 

OF  GOD  WITH  BODIES  AND  SUPER¬ 
NATURAL  SOULS.  EVEN  THOUGH  THEIR 
MASTERS  SAY  OTHERWISE. _ 


KAZAKH; 


Bhey  are  patriotic  PEOPLE 


JNLY  8  MILLION  OF  THE  COUNTRY'S 

15  MILLION  PEOPLE  ARE  A\EMBERS 


WE  RUSSIANS  LOVE  OUR 
S'  BEAUTIFUL  LAND.  NATURALLY.  WE  ] 
DO  NOT  WANT  ANYONE  TO  TAKE  IT 
FROM  US.  YET  OUR  INFORMATION 
SOURCES  TELL  US  THAT  IS  WHAT  d 
s _ YOU  WANT  TO  DO.  ^ 


OF  THE  COMMUNIST  PARTY. 


COMMUMI4T 

PARTY 


HET  MANY  EXPERTS  AGREE  THAT  THE  RUSSIAN 
PEOPLE  HATE  COMMUNISM. 


THOSE  WHO  HAVE  ESCAPED 
THE  PRISON  OF  RUSSIA  TELL 
US  THEY  DID  SO  BECAUSE  THEY 
HATE  COMMUNISM.  THEY  SAY  THEIR 
FRIENDS  DO  TOO.  BLIT  THESE  IMPRISONED 
PEOPLE  HEAR  ONLY  LIES  ABOUT  THE 

FREE  WORLD,  AND  ARE  AFRAID - 

AND  YOU  CAN  HARDLY 
BLAME  THEM. 


•us. 


'I* 


X 


w 


THEIR  COMMUNIST  LEADERS  HAVE 

PROMISED  THEM  A  HAPPIER  LIFE 
EVER  SINCE  COMMUNISM  GAINED 
POWER  IN  19  17.  INSTEAD,  THEY 
HAVE  FOR  THE  MOST  PART 
CONTINUED  TO  LIVE  ‘ 

FEAR  AND  MISERY. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


11 


LEADERS  SAY  COMMUNISM  BRINGS 
A  CLASSLESS  SOCIETY.  -THIS  IS 
RUSSIA. 


0EOPLE  ARE  NOT  ALLOWED  TO  TRAVEL 

WITHIN  THEIR  COUNTRY. 


BUT  I  AM  GOING  TO/ YOU  KNOW  BETTER 
SEE  MY  BARENTS  /  THAN  TO  DO  THAT 
IN  THE  CITY  OF  /  WrTHOLTr  SPECIAL  PER- 
fcKIEV/  wiafcr  MISSION.  YOU'RE  t 

>P‘~i  .  UNDER  ARREST/  JL 


EJOR  ARE  THEY  ALLOWED  TO  CHANGE  JOBS. 


BUT  THE  OTHER 
FACTORY  IS  NEXT 
TO  MY  HOME.  IT 
WILL  BE  BETTER 


BHOSE  WHO  ATTEND  THE 


FEW  CHURCHES 
STILL  OPEN  ARE  WATCHED  CLOSELY  BY 
SECRET  POLICE - 


E3e  should  remember  1 

THAT  THE  RUSSIANS  ARE 
OUR  BROTHERS  IN  CHRIST. 
WE  SHOULD  HATE  COMMU- 
NISM.^BUT  NOT  THE  RUS¬ 
SIAN  PEOPLE  WHO  ARE 
VICTIMS  OF  IT. 


-.AND  ARE  GIVEN  ONLY  LOWER-CLASS 
JOBS  BY  THE  GOVERNMENT. 


12 


TREASURE  CHEST 


CHURCH  GOERS  ARE  THE 
ENEMIES  OF  THE  PEOPLE 
AND  SHOULD  BE  DEALT  < 
WITH  AS  SUCH  J  r-*?* 


E2E  SHOULD  HATE  COMMUNISM  BECAUSE  IT 

TRIES  TO  STAMP  OUT  RELIGION 


_ BECAUSE  IT  REFUSES  TO  RECOG - 

SIZE  GOP  IN  ANY  WAY . . 


....BECAUSE  IT 


ANY  MEANS 


THERE  IS  NO  PLACE  IN  COMMUNISM 
FOR  THIS  NONSENSE  YOU  CALL  GOD. 
AND  WHEN  COMMUNISM  CONTROLS 
THE  WORLD,  THE  PEOPLE  WILL  NO 
LONGER  BE  ALLOWED  TO  RECOGNIZE  a 
GOD  IN  ANY  WAY.  . . .  irmn  , » ifif 


j _ .TO  BRING  ABOUT  WHAT  COMMUNISTS 

[CLAIM  WILL  BE  A  HEAVEN  ON  EARTH 


...BECAUSE  IT  ASSUMES  IT  CAN  ...  AND  TURN  MAN  NfO  SOMETHING  MUCH  LIKE 

OVERCOME  MAN'S  LIBERTIES .  A  MECHANICAL  PUPPET. 


TREASURE  CHEST 


13 


[  THAT  COMMUNISM  IS  THE  WORK 

OP  THE  DEVIL  CAN  BEST  BE  ILLUS¬ 
TRATED  BY  LOOKING  AT  WHAT  COM¬ 
MUNISM  HAS  DONE  TO  THE  PEOPLE 
[UNDER  ITS  DOMINATION.  . -Y 


FIRST  WE  SHOULD  PRAY.  IT  IS  OUR 
GREATEST  SPIRITUAL  WEAPON  .  IT  IS 
INTERESTING  TO  NOTE _ 


-  -  -THAT  IT  WAS  IN  19|7,  THE 
YEAS  COMMUNISM  BEGAN  IN  RUSSIA, 
THAT  OUR  LADY  APPEARED  AT  FATIMA 
AND  ASKED  FOR  PRAYERS  FOR 
RUSSIAS  CONVERSION. 


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TREASURE  CHEST 


AND  IN  YOUR  DAILY  LIVES  AS 
STUDENTS,  ALWAYS  TRY  TO  BE 
CHRIST  LIKE.  IT  IS  SURPRISING 
HOW  CATCHING  SUCH  A  WAY  - 
OF  LIFE  IS.  IT  CAN  SPREAD  \ 
THROUGH  YOUR  COMMUNITY,  ) 
YOUR  COUNTRY,  AND 
>  THE  WORLD/  rr<A[ 


IN  ADDITION,  YOU  SHOULD  KEEP 
YOURSELVES  MENTALLY  FIT- - 


FOR  THE  FINAL  TRIUMPH  OF  TRUTH 
IN  THE  WORLD  MAY  WELL  BE  UP 
TO  Y°U.  I, 


AND  PHYSICALLY  FIT. 


THE  TIME  MAY  WELL  COME  WHEN 
POWERS  OF  YOUR  MIND 
WILL  BE  CALLED  UPON.